Monica Padman
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Gorillas are so interesting.
And chimps.
How many gorillas and chimps are there left in the world?
This is according to the Coco.org Gorilla Foundation.
Status of worldwide gorillas are all are endangered.
Eastern lowland gorillas found in Rwanda, Uganda and DRC.
700 mountain gorillas and several thousand eastern lowland gorillas.
Several thousand, did you say?
700 mountain and several thousand.
Down from 17,000 in 1990s.
Then there's Western lowland gorillas found in Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, some other places.
As many as 100,000 Western lowland gorillas.
Oh, God.
That's good.
It says down 60% from past 20 to 25 years, but that is still good.
Yeah.
Cross river gorillas that live on the border of Cameroon and Nigeria, 200 to 300 total.
These are the most endangered subspecies.
Then mountain gorillas count as a thousand up from 700 10 years ago.
So that's good.