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What do Mountain Gorillas Eat? More Fascinating Facts

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Mountain Gorillas are the largest living primates occupying rainforests of Bwindi impenetrable national park in Uganda , the Virunga mountains bordering Uganda and Rwanda and the extended Virunga’s in Congo possibly a total of about 1041 mountain gorillas still found on planet earth. Mountain Gorillas are mostly found in the dense jungle forests of east and central Africa while the biggest population find homage the west and eastern central parts of Africa. Other than the Mountain Gorillas , East and central Africa is home to Lowland Gorillas found only in Congo while the rest of the population of lowland gorillas is found in West Africa. Mountain Gorillas call Uganda , Rwanda , DR Congo and the Congo Brazzaville’s nature forests where they find a comfort home and these countries are proud homes the to the worlds remaining Mountain gorillas while the impenetrable forests of Bwindi and Mgahinga gorilla national park in Uganda shar and the volcanoes of Rwanda are comfort homes of...

Making A Difference: The Batwa Smile at receiving Covid_19 Relief food From Gorilla Walking Safaris

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Corona Virus has hit the world hard but the effects are not close to the escalating hunger that has seen many people struggle to find a meal including communities that directly depended on tourist’s visits for survival out of selling crafts, tips or cultural encounter experiences. This has seen thousands of households struggle to live but worst is finding a survival meal for the day. The Batwa Community has not been spared either and to me, they have surely had the wrath of the pandemic. All was well with us at first when we got restricted to move _ in our houses by the government of Uganda as a preventive measure to curb the spread of the deadly virus pandemic, while we thought was a good idea and a solution to the then fast spreading virus, it hadn’t crossed our minds that fast about the lock-down effects it would cause to the more less privileged communities like the Batwa and many others who directly or indirectly survived on tourist guest arrivals. After we had written about Afr...

Can Airline Travel or Domestic flights keep people apart While on Travel?

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Can airline travel or domestic flights keep people apart while on travel? The covid-19 pandemic has given airline travel a different view in the window as Shoulder to solder sitting may be apparently risking travelers to exposure to the covid-19 virus . Booking an airline travel comes with a special seat number; this pushes me to sit in that particular seat not knowing where my neighbor comes from and with what diseases him/her caries Solving social distancing, Yes social distancing as the recommended new norm on curbing the spread of Corona virus in airplanes — currently attempted by leaving middle seats open. How much am I going to pay? Am I paying also for the middle sit as well or what? These are a few questions that are posed to the airlines travel . But the airlines have to stay in business even if they must survive so I personally believe we may have to dig a little bit in our pockets to travel, Is the travel Worth it then or should we wait? Same qn awakes another… “Un...