 The baby is now in a clear opening. All of the gorillas have flies around them. |
 He was so curious about us. Watching, eating, playing. |
 At one point, two juvenile gorillas came out and played together for a few minutes. They were wresting and rolling around with each other -- just like kids! |
 For a few seconds, one of the hikers (Tom) in our group took his hat off and laid it on the ground. The baby gorilla instantly saw this, and in a flash came right over to him to snatch up the hat. Tom had quick reflexes, though, and picked up the hat just as the gorilla was about to take it! Close call! |
 The baby gorilla is mad now that he didn't get the hat, and he went back into the dense jungle. |
 Over to the right, the silverback emerged. His name is Mwirima. |
 Mountain gorillas are vegetarians. No worries of becoming his lunch! But no guarantees on how they will smell! (I'm not kidding!) |
 For about the last 25 minutes, we watched the silverback eat. He's waving his fist here at us! |
 Look how massive he is -- wow! He has a crown of muscle and hair that surrounds his face. Can you see his silver? |
 Beside this silverback, the baby, and the two juveniles, we saw the mother just briefly. |
 In the "H" group, there are nine gorillas including four more adult females. There are no blackbacks. We could hear the others in the surrounding area, but we couldn't actually see them in the dense vegetation. I can guarantee they were watching us, though! |
 Gorillas and humans share 98% of the same DNA, and we can catch each other's diseases. We were told we shouldn't cough or sneeze anywhere near them, but if we had to we were told to turn away. |
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