Gorilla Tracking Safari News and Uganda Tours

While the behavior of mourning was once considered uniquely human, Gorilla Gana showed that the gap between us and the animal world is not as wide as many believe!
Gorillas, like humans, are great apes large, tailless primates that can use their hands to gather food and make nests. In fact, gorillas are very like us, 98% genetically like us to be exact. Gorillas usually have a strong attachment to their own kind. Like other apes with a well-developed social structure, gorillas mourn the death of loved ones. They exhibit both care for the dead and sadness at their passing - even keeping the body close until it begins decomposing.
Gana, the 11 year old gorilla at a zoo in the German city of Muenster appeared shocked, puzzled and bewildered by Claudio’s death. Allwetter Zoo spokeswoman Ilona Zuehlke says the 3-month-old male baby died on Saturday but its 11-year-old mother continues to carry its body around.
“On Wednesday he gave the impression to keepers that he wasn’t feeling too well,” said Mr. Adler. “On Friday he wasn’t eating or drinking properly and seemed to be growing weaker. We were keeping a close eye on him but suddenly, on Saturday morning, he died.
Visitors wept as Gana held the lifeless body of her child up in the air, in shock, unable to accept and seeking to restore his life. Hours passed, during which Gana continually prodded and caressed the dead child, to no effect.
By Monday, the zookeepers were still unable to get to the body of Claudio, so fiercely is Gana guarding him. “We will carry out an autopsy on the body when we can,” said Mr. Adler. “Gana doesn’t know it, but the whole of Germany is mourning with her.”
This should be a lesson to all of us and it’s important to know that Gorillas are complex, highly intelligent apes, besieged by threats on all sides, including poachers, and confined to a dwindling habitat that is in constant danger of being further eroded.
We should realize that gorillas are a symbol of national pride and unless you and me have more of an incentive to protect these beautiful creatures, the future of the gorillas will never be secure.

One way this can be effected is by offering gorilla tours to raise awareness about how precious these gentle giant apes are to both the tourists and the local communities that benefit from the tourism. Here are a few tailor made gorilla tour packages coupled with Uganda safari and Rwanda tours which are the home of mountain gorillas in addition the Democratic Republic of Congo