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• Most threatened species in 2010

  
  Green Diary — Authority: 455
  WWF Scotland has lately released its annual list of the ten most threatened species around the world. The list of “ 10 to Watch in 2010 ” includes species such as tigers, polar bears, pandas, rhinos and mountain gorillas.
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• Births boost Bristol Zoo’s numbers

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 142
  BBC news Keepers at Bristol Zoo say this year’s annual census will be made more difficult because of the large number of births in the past 12 months. The zoo has more than 450 species from tiny insects to gorillas and seals. A spokesman said many small birds had to be logged as flocks as it was almost impossible ...
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• Saving The Gorillas

  
  Retro Housewife Goes Green — Authority: 112
  The mountain gorilla are a critically endangered species. They are a prime target for poaching not as often for meat like many animals but are killed to steal babies to be sold to zoos and as pets. Gorillas are very protective so whole groups are killed to get just one baby. Some are killed for meat and their heads, ...
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• Volcano erupts but gorillas ok

  
  Gorilla Protection — Authority: 92
  BBC report today   Lava from a volcano in a sparsely populated area of the Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening rare chimpanzees, wildlife officials say. Mount Nyamulagira, 25km (16 miles) from the eastern city of Goma, erupted at dawn on Saturday, sending lava into the surrounding Virunga National Park. ...
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• Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs: Mouse Guard

  
  Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — Authority: 640
  Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 Mouse Guard: Fall and Winter 1152 Written and Illustrated by David Petersen Archaia; $24.95 each I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to talk about this week. Not that anyone’s called me on it yet, but I usually talk here about stuff that I enjoy and I know that that can give ...
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• Gorillas in the Mist (1988) The Story of Dian Fossey

  
  A Romanian in Africa — Authority: 111
  Here’s what the main trouble with movies about Africa is in my case: it is almost never fully fiction. From time to time, I feel the need to just watch a movie and enjoy it for what it is. With the exception of District 9 that is still on my “to do list” there are hardly any movies about Africa that I know of ...
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• Rare Cross River Gorillas Captured in Professional Footage

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 162
  The Cross River Gorillas have been named the rarest subspecies of Gorilla, and just recently, the first professional footage has been captured according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. These gorillas live in the densest part of the jungle in Cameroon and are very rarely spotted, little less captured on film of ...
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• Rare Cross River Gorillas Captured in Professional Footage

  
  EcoWorldly — Authority: 529
  The Cross River Gorillas have been named the rarest subspecies of Gorilla, and just recently, the first professional footage has been captured according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. These gorillas live in the densest part of the jungle in Cameroon and are very rarely spotted, little less captured on film of ...
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• Gorilla pair will become parents

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 142
  Zoo announces March due date By Sheldon S. Shafer – Courier-Journal Pregnancy tests have confirmed that Mia Mojo, a 20-year-old western lowland gorilla, will give birth by late March, Louisville Zoo officials have announced. The father is her Gorilla Forest mate, a 22-year-old silverback named Mshindi. It will be ...
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• Flash Gordon Meets Bono (and Other Stories)

  
  Michael May's Adventureblog — Authority: 133
  I feel kind of bad that I havent had any Christmas-related stuff on the blog this year. My original idea for an Adventureblog Christmas became Plump Sister and I never got around to a solid plan for replacing it. Ironically, Christmas busyness got in the way, but I do hope everyones having happy holidays if you ...
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• Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs: The Good Neighbors, Book Two - Kith

  
  Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — Authority: 640
  The Good Neighbors, Book Two: Kith The Good Neighbors, Book Two: Kith Written by Holly Black; Illustrated by Ted Naifeh Graphix; $16.99 When I reviewed Book One of The Good Neighbors back in the day , I was struck with the maturity that Black and Naifeh brought to their story. Black’s known for The ...
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• Maverick Images Fundraiser: A Smashing Success

  
  Art for Gorillas — Authority: 109
  Through wind, rain, and snow I returned late last night to Des Moines, Iowa - my US home - from Houston, Texas after a fabulous fundraiser benefiting Art of Conservation . My sincere thanks goes to everyone who attended and helped with this lovely event hosted by Maverick Images, the Gallery… especially ...
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• #1000*

  
  Chris's Invincible Super-Blog — Authority: 134
  This is the 1,000th post on The-ISB.com, and as such, I am celebrating in the only appropriate fashion: Batman kicking a super-intelligent gorilla in the face.     Thanks, Phil. And if anyone’s wondering, of the last thousand, this is still my favorite.   *: If you count ISB Classic , it’s post ...
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• This Video of Jersey Shore’s Pauly D Doing His Hair Will Make You So Happy

  
  The Cut — Authority: 738
  The Jersey Shore has given us many gifts this holiday season: the gift of nicknames; the gift of overwrought musculature; the gift of lesbianism for the sole purpose of getting attention; the gift of the fist pump; the gift of a puzzling-yet-spectacular aversion to shirts; and the gift of overstyled hair. Of all the ...
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• Mos Def Talks Gorillaz

  
  The Tripwire — Authority: 494
  Mos Def chats with DJ Semtex about becoming the fifth or sixth Gorilla and one of the more exciting collaborations on the menu for next year. (via Nah Right )
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• Teeth of some apes are formed primarily to survive toughest times

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, December 18 (ANI): A new research has determined that the teeth of some apes are formed primarily to handle the most stressful times when food is scarce.The research, performed by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), imply that if humanity is serious about protecting its ...
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• Discovery of “Ardi” named breakthrough of the year

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, December 18 (ANI): The discovery of Ardipithecus ramidus, or “Ardi,” has received the top honor as the Breakthrough of the Year 2009 by the magazine ‘Science’ and its publisher, AAAS, the world’s largest science society. The fossil of “Ardi,” a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ...
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• Saving the Mountain Gorillas – Video by National Geographic

  
  Ways To Protect Our Environment — Authority: 141
  
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• Your Daily Photo (Gorillas, Gorillas, Everywhere Edition)

  
  Immodest Proposals — Authority: 440
  Dont know if Ill get time to do other stuff, so think of this as Placeholder Gorilla (Magillas more erudite cousin, not only does he wear a snappy bowtie like Magilla, but he also wears a monocle in private, away from the gawking zoo-going masses)
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• Second gorilla dies of cancer at zoo

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 142
  ASHEBORO — For the second time this week, a gorilla undergoing treatment for cancer was euthanized Wednesday after N.C. Zoo veterinarians determined her health had dramatically deteriorated and would not improve. Katie, a 36-year-old female gorilla, was euthanized shortly before noon Wednesday by veterinarians at ...
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