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Mountain Gorilla Grooming Himself

Mountain gorillas have long hair and there are plenty of bugs, insects and all kinds of things that get caught up in it, grooming is essential... more below
Grooming

Grooming

© Anouk Zijlma
Another peaceful moment among the Sabinyo group as the big black-back grooms himself. Mountain gorillas will groom one another, it's a social time and also necessary to keep their long fur clean. The way this guy was chomping on the bits of he found, it's also a tasty pastime.

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