[Pablo]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3578697.stm

 

[KingMeatyHand]

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...brought an influx of people into areas where the apes live. With this often comes a thriving bushmeat trade
</lift>

BUSHMEAT??!? It's bad enough to eat gorilla, but to name it bushmeat?

Let's see:
fish eggs = caviar
snails = escargot
fried squid = calamari
raw fish = sashimi
gorilla = bushmeat

No real exotic cover-up naming on the gorilla meat is there? You know what your getting with that name.

 

[tbateman]

Grrrrrrrrrrrr...

I guess they don't remember "Planet of the Apes"

 

[Pablo]

This time when the apes take over, they will all be smoking cigars....well, except for those in a Group Buy. (Couldn't resist...sorry!)

 

[Wetterhorn]

The drop in Lowland Gorilla numbers is probably due to the unfriendly smoking environment that is happening throughout the country!

BTW - That gorilla's pic in the article kinda looked like me (if I would lose some weight!)!

 

[Habana Mike]

Numbers of the eastern lowland gorilla have plummeted by more than 70% over the past decade, scientists say.

I guess with the boom over, it was bound to happen

 

[Churchlady]

"Gorillas are slow reproducers. This has to be a long-term focus," Dr Patrick Mehlman, director of Africa programmes for Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, told BBC News Online

Oh, dear!

 

[rkt]

We may be slow reproducers but we like to practice a lot!!!

 

[Lamar]

For a Silverback, nothing beats slow and steady.