'Gorilla selfie': DRC park ranger explains photo that went viral
by Ruth Maclean in Dakar and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#4DXKS)
Mathieu Shamavu took image of two orphaned females at Virunga mimicking humans
They pout, tilt their heads, and turn one hip to the camera for a slimmer silhouette, their brown hair catching the light as they pose for a selfie.
But these are no tourists: they are Ndakazi and Ndeze, two orphaned gorillas in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And they forgot to suck their bellies in.
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