The ceremony which took place on Friday saw notable personalities like actor Idris Elba, comedian Kevin Hart, and musician Asa coming together to honour the beautiful gorillas who call Rwanda their home.
A couple of years after becoming one of the most famous gorillas on the internet, Ndakasi died in the arms of her caregiver, who had been like a “mother” to her.
A photo of a ranger at Virunga National Park in the Congo posing with some gorillas has been shared right across the globe.
They say an elephant never forgets, and it appears the internet never forgets about the death of a beloved gorilla either. Trolling at its finest.
They might hold the answer to just about every question in the universe but the folks at Google have really screwed this one up. Not good enough, not by a long shot.
News coverage last year was all about the Ebola and the humans, and not enough about the other victims – the gorillas and chimps of Africa. Ebola is making them closer to extinction than we realised.
People spend a FORTUNE to get to Uganda from all over the world, just to encounter these magnificent creatures. And here we are, sitting in South Africa, able to nail this 7-day bucket list item for under R5,500. It’s too easy!
Like so many of their human counterparts who have become fed-up with inadequate safety and security measures, mountain gorillas in Rwanda have taken matters into their own hands, literally. It recently came to light that juvenile gorillas had been seen dismantling complicated ensnarement devices, with their bare hands.