{"id":1087,"date":"2008-08-05T22:38:25","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T02:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2008-08-05T22:38:25","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T02:38:25","slug":"thrilla-gorilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/08\/05\/thrilla-gorilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrilla Gorilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/uk\/scotland\/article4467065.ece\">This<\/a> has nothing to do with anything I regularly write about, but it&#8217;s just so cool that you&#8217;re reading it anyway:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Scientists have dramatically revised population estimates for gorillas after massive numbers of the animals were found in an area of central Africa the size of Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>More than 125,000 western lowland gorillas &#8211; one of four sub-species &#8211; are estimated to be living in two swampland areas in the north of the Republic of Congo, according to a census by the Wildlife Conservation Society published yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists had previously estimated that the entire population of western lowland gorillas was between 50,000 and 100,000, but the discovery points towards a figure of about 200,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has nothing to do with anything I regularly write about, but it&#8217;s just so cool that you&#8217;re reading it anyway: Scientists have dramatically revised population estimates for gorillas after massive numbers of the animals were found in an area of central Africa the size of Switzerland. 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