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Gorilla Tracks Found

21 Jan 2009 Filed under (Mountain Gorillas, Munyaga Family) by Pierre @ 9:00 pm

This afternoon Innocent’s team found fresh tracks of a group of gorillas which may be the Munyaga family. We had to get back to camp before it got dark, but we will be following the tracks first thing tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed…

Virunga National Park

Gorilla knuckle-print

Gorilla nest with fresh dung

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5 Responses to “Gorilla Tracks Found”

  1. Suzanne Suzanne Says: 21 Jan 2009

    Yay! Great report, Pierre. Our fingers are crossed here, too.

  2. philippaterblanche philippaterblanche Says: 21 Jan 2009

    That is one massive knuckle print….hopefully belonging to one of the Munyaga gorillas!
    All the best and good luck!

  3. Shiva Shiva Says: 22 Jan 2009

    Very good indication! Beautiful tracks. Beautiful work on your part!

  4. theresa theresa Says: 22 Jan 2009

    Great work! A friend in South Africa says “holding thumbs” instead of crossing fingers. I will try to do both!

  5. Munyaga Family Re-discovered | gorillacd.org Munyaga Family Re-discovered | gorillacd.org Says: 22 Jan 2009

    [...] morning we followed the tracks that we found yesterday. After four hours of difficult tracking, I suddenly could smell the unmistakable scent of mountain [...]

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