Getting some R&R: Mountain gorillas take a rest during the late morning after a feeding session. They are almost entirely vegetarian: 86 per cent of their diet is comprised of the leaves, shoots and stems of up to 142 plant species
MARCUS WESTBURG / REMEMBERING GREAT APES
I’m standing on a dark forest trail at night peering up at two points of light among a lattice of branches. They disappear for a second then reappear a short distance away. My binoculars follow the torch beam to a tiny, squirrel-like animal staring back at me, its saucer eyes reflecting the beam in curiosity and alarm. It’s a Prince Demidoff’s galago. At 60g, about the weight of a tennis ball, this is the smallest of the bushbaby family. I can’t enjoy it for long, though. Ping!
With one frog-like bound, the elfin creature leaps out of our illumination into the surrounding blackness.
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