Second Set of Rare Gorilla Twins Born in DR Congo's Virunga Park
Conservationists are celebrating an 'extraordinary event' with the birth of a second set of rare gorilla twins in DR Congo's Virunga Park, just two months after another twin birth, highlighting the rarity of such events among mountain gorillas.
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‘Extraordinary event’ for mountain gorillas as new twins born in DRC
Conservationists celebrate second twin birth just two months after another found in Virunga national park A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in what conservationists are celebrating as an “extraordinary” event for the endangered primates. Just two months after tiny twin mountain gorillas were discovered by rangers in the Virunga massif, in eastern DRC, another rare twin birth has been found by park warde...
By Patrick Greenfield
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Twin births are extremely uncommon among mountain gorillas, accounting for just around 1% of all births.
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