Posts Tagged ‘africa’

Congo Acts to Protect 125,000 Gorillas

Monday, February 4th, 2013

CONGO PROTECTS 125,000 GORILLAS WITH NEW PARK In 2008, the Wildlife Conservation Society discovered that an estimated 15,000 western lowland gorillas were living in the northwestern quadrant of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now, in that most densely forested region, a 1,765-square-mile national park has been created, the third park in Congo designed to protect [ more... ]

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Sitting Out a Giant Sandstorm in Africa

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

This video comes to us from some National Geographic videographers who were shooting for an upcoming film called Great Migrations. They found out a dust storm was sweeping across the plains, and they decided to hangout to see what it’d be like. I hope they packed extra saline for their contacts.

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