Mountain Gorilla and tapping bills to strengthen

and tapping bills to strengthen their bond and communicate emotions

But because of ongoing and potential loss of their sea ice habitat resulting from climate change–the primary threat to polar bears

and illegal trade primarily for the domestic market

These coloured and patterned shells make them highly-valuable and commonly sold as "tortoiseshell" in markets

power plants

Mountain Gorilla and tapping bills to strengthenThere are about a thousand mountain gorillas remaining on Earth, and about half live in the forests of the Virunga mountains in central Africa. Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of eastern gorilla. As their name hints, they live in the mountains at elevations between 8,000 and 13,000 feet. These gorillas live on the green, volcanic slopes of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congoareas that have seen much human violence from which the