Important Days

World Gorilla Day 2024 - September 24

September 29 , 2024 15 hrs 0 min 14 0

It aims to celebrate these amazing animals and to take actions to protect them.
The word ‘gorilla’ was first used in 1847 by two people—Thomas Staughton Savage, a doctor, and Jeffries Wyman, a naturalist.
Exactly 1,063 mountain gorillas are known to remain in the wild today.
Mountain gorillas live in east-central Africa in just two isolated groups – one in the Virunga Volcanoes and one in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Males between 8-12 years are called 'blackbacks'.
Then from 12 years old, they develop a silver section of hair over their back and hips, earning them the name 'silverback'.