GORILLAS IN THE MIDST OF AN ALMIGHTY BUST-UP

dhlee · 02-02-2009, 08:07 PM

The fur really flew as the 440lb, six footers hurled themselves at each other in a clash over … who was sitting in whose spot.

For, as ferocious as this clash looks, it’s little more than a scuffle.

And these western lowland gorillas can get into spats like this up to a dozen times a day.

After an awful lot of spectacular breast-beating and blood-curdling roars, they walk away.

Usually all that’s bruised is their pride. This showdown, between Ambam, 18, and Boumi, 19, took place not in Africa but at Port Lympne Zoo near Folkestone, Kent.

It was captured on camera by amateur photographer Nicholas Godsell. Yesterday his shot, taken last year, won a prize in the zoo’s annual photography competition.

This aggressive behaviour is reassuring to zoologists. It means the gorillas are acting just as they would in the wild.

Port Lympne and its sister zoo Howletts are home to 74 of the critically endangered species.

They hand-rear baby gorillas which are then reintroduced to vast reserves back in their native Africa, in Gabon and Congo.

Without such schemes, they could be lost in the wild by 2020.

The gorilla numbers are down to fewer than 50,000. Hunted for bushmeat, losing their habitat because of deforestation and being decimated by Ebola virus, they are a species on the brink.

kalesa · 02-03-2009, 07:40 AM

....tag team....

taras · 02-03-2009, 08:06 AM

Siapa yg berani misahin

arofanatics · 02-03-2009, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by kalesa

....tag team....

Quote:

Originally Posted by taras

Siapa yg berani misahin

itu calon lawan loe bdua boss...tag-team pandas vs tag-team gorrilas

....ati2 bos plng dgn selamat yah...inget jgn pake gigit, tendang ajah bos gpp kok...

rianfish · 02-03-2009, 09:19 AM

itu cuma olahraga saja, pemanasan, krn mrk sering nonton SmackDown semalaman..

zeke · 02-03-2009, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by rianfish

itu cuma olahraga saja, pemanasan, krn mrk sering nonton SmackDown semalaman..

kok gak ada wasitnya???

02-02-2009, 08:07 PM	#1
dhlee (7490) NAC 125 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: east taiwan Posts: 5,178	GORILLAS IN THE MIDST OF AN ALMIGHTY BUST-UP The fur really flew as the 440lb, six footers hurled themselves at each other in a clash over … who was sitting in whose spot. For, as ferocious as this clash looks, it’s little more than a scuffle. And these western lowland gorillas can get into spats like this up to a dozen times a day. After an awful lot of spectacular breast-beating and blood-curdling roars, they walk away. Usually all that’s bruised is their pride. This showdown, between Ambam, 18, and Boumi, 19, took place not in Africa but at Port Lympne Zoo near Folkestone, Kent. It was captured on camera by amateur photographer Nicholas Godsell. Yesterday his shot, taken last year, won a prize in the zoo’s annual photography competition. This aggressive behaviour is reassuring to zoologists. It means the gorillas are acting just as they would in the wild. Port Lympne and its sister zoo Howletts are home to 74 of the critically endangered species. They hand-rear baby gorillas which are then reintroduced to vast reserves back in their native Africa, in Gabon and Congo. Without such schemes, they could be lost in the wild by 2020. The gorilla numbers are down to fewer than 50,000. Hunted for bushmeat, losing their habitat because of deforestation and being decimated by Ebola virus, they are a species on the brink.

02-03-2009, 07:40 AM	#2
kalesa (4778) NAC 019 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 4,473	Re: GORILLAS IN THE MIDST OF AN ALMIGHTY BUST-UP ....tag team.... __________________ tnQ ...boleh ngutip... semangat juang yang tak pernah mati adalah wujud nyata kebangkitan sejati

02-03-2009, 08:06 AM	#3
taras (6533) NAC MEMBER Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: jakarta Posts: 5,890	Re: GORILLAS IN THE MIDST OF AN ALMIGHTY BUST-UP Siapa yg berani misahin

02-03-2009, 09:19 AM	#5
rianfish (3190) NAC 003 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west side Posts: 2,944	Re: GORILLAS IN THE MIDST OF AN ALMIGHTY BUST-UP itu cuma olahraga saja, pemanasan, krn mrk sering nonton SmackDown semalaman..

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