Africa’s Mountain Gorillas at Risk of The Coronavirus
Coronavirus in Gorillas is a very big risk:Uganda has the world’s remaining mountain gorillas in the whole world along the other 4 countries in Africa to make about 1065 gorillas according to the last census in 2018. Corona Virus is a big threat to these very much endangered mountain gorillas because we share 97.8% DNA. This was concluded at in 2015, Scientists, led by researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. They discovered that 15% of the gorilla’s genome is nearer between gorillas and humans than it is between humans and chimpanzees; man’s closest animal relative. The genomes of all three species are, regardless, extremely similar: humans and chimps share more than 98% of their genes, while humans and gorillas share more than 96%. As the corona virus (C0VID-19) continues to spread rapidly around the world a lot of measures have been put in place recently by the Uganda wildlife authority and the government. GORILLA TRACKING IS A NO GO ZONE. Uganda recently a...