A Little Good News About Mountain Gorillas

“While mountain gorillas are physically strong, they are also incredibly vulnerable.”
 — International Gorilla Conservation Program director Eugene Rutagarama, on why chicks dig mountain gorillas. (It also might have something to do with the fact that their noses are exactly the same shape as when you curl the fingers of both your hands and put them together to make the make “I heart you” sign.) Actually, he was talking about the importance of protecting their habitat in the mountains that make up the border between Uganda, the Congo and Rwanda. There are now 780 of these very attractive animals alive in the wild. Which is a great improvement, probably up 25 percent from 30 years ago. But still, you know, the ladies want more. If you would like to watch a video of one of them (a gorilla, I mean, not a lady), here you go.