Gorilla in 1971: Koko years
[443] [read-gorilla-11-43] urism and the Fossey myth. Western lowland numbers kept falling on a different map. Western lowland gorillas a CR western gorillas plus Ebola, logging and hunt. Mountain gorilla rebound is real and is a different species A specimen label at a natural history museum records where and when, not which animal is more valuable. For Gorilla, write 1971, “Koko years,” and 2018,
CR western gorillas plus Ebola, logging and hunt. Mountain gorilla rebound is real and is a different species card. A forest clearing in Nouabale-Ndoki where western gorillas come for minerals -- a platform study that rarely makes a biopic. Did Gorillas in the Mist help the type?
The 1988 film helped mountain gorilla tourism and the Fossey myth. Western lowland numbers kept falling on a different map. Western lowland gorillas are the usual zoo gorilla. Captive groups do not replace Gabon and Congo forests. A mountain gorilla poached in 1977. Fossey used the death to fund anti-poaching -- a mountain, not western, story that still titles books.
Gorilla is one of 24 types in this animals atlas. The pages treat it as a full system -- history, anatomy, operating principles, culture, icons, future pressure and market shape -- not a ranking of a best species. Scores compare the gorilla with the other 23 types on speed, intelligence, range, resilience, cultural impact and ecological role. They are relative editorial marks. Resilience high means more secure; low means threatened. Western gorilla Critically Endangered; mountain gorilla (a different species, G. beringei) is Endangered after a guarded rebound. Resilience here follows the atlas type: CR.
The order on the card is year, line, figure. Gorilla is not sorted by how much visitors like the photo.1971
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 1971
- Figure to keep
- 2018
- Species
- Gorilla
- Line in the log
- Koko years
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