gap between ape and human vanishes; we know that
             the gorilla still lives within us. Do gorillas also recognize this ancient
             Mountain Gorillas inhabit 285 square miles of high-elevation rain forest in east-central
             Africa. They are herbivores, their food sources grow abundantly in this cool, moist
             mountain climate (Kasnoff, 2). Until recently their endangered status had begun to look
             more hopeful. However, because of habitat loss, poaching, and civil war their status is
             again looking very grim. They face a new threat, the effects and results of a civil war in
             Rwanda in the 1990's in which 500,000 people were killed and 750,000 are now living in
             poverty on the borders of the gorillas' reserves. This has brought an abrupt end to gorilla
             tourism, cutting off the much needed foreign money. Also,
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