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Young Gorillas at Play in the Jungle (PIC)

ngm.nationalgeographic.com — "They squealed with laughter like little girls on a trampoline," recalls the author. But Kusu and Ekendy are all boy, climbing, tumbling, and shrieking in a very childlike way. All in good fun, play helps teach essential gorilla social skills. Click to enlarge... (Photo: Ian Nichols)

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 9, 2009

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  • CptBuck, on 07/09/2009, -1/+10Gorillas? We didn't evolve from them.
  • DirtPile, on 07/09/2009, -0/+6What the ***** is evolutionism?
  • verynegative, on 07/09/2009, -1/+6Get the ***** down!!!
  • Hu99, on 07/09/2009, -1/+6Ah, that's sweet. I don't know what it's doing on Digg, but it's still kinda sweet.
  • inactive, on 07/09/2009, -1/+5also scientists
  • DillonHinson, on 07/09/2009, -1/+5Let's hope we see more pics like this in the years to come. Gorilla genocide is not uncommon in some parts of the world. We need to protect these animals.
  • jimmypopjr, on 07/09/2009, -2/+5I'm sorry, but the book (and movie) Congo has forever changed gorillas for me. They aren't playing... they're plotting.
  • inactive, on 07/09/2009, -1/+4I really hope you're joking.
  • Feener, on 07/09/2009, -1/+3Is he giving him a titty twister?
  • Earlofnecromium, on 07/09/2009, -1/+3Anybody else miss there brother when they saw this?
  • Disastrophe, on 07/09/2009, -1/+3Do all gorillas have black teeth?
  • HBkDinobot, on 07/30/2009, -0/+1http://digg.com/d3z1TZ
  • bioviral, on 07/09/2009, -0/+1If you're going to self-advertise please make sure the images you decide on showing off are at least decent.
  • CptBuck, on 07/09/2009, -0/+1*****, monolith*.
  • inactive, on 07/09/2009, -0/+1it's the whole square/rectangle thing.
  • nmoulana, on 07/09/2009, -2/+3These comments suck.
  • inactive, on 07/09/2009, -0/+0Haha, I *knew* you were joking. Not using animals for entertainment, what a laugh!
  • Firstdaughter, on 07/09/2009, -1/+1I'm a vegan, pacifist who doesn't believe in using animals for anything including entertainment.
  • greenlight2001, on 07/09/2009, -1/+1You racist.
  • Spikeli27, on 07/09/2009, -2/+1really? i thought it was a rap video
  • CptBuck, on 07/09/2009, -2/+1Quick! hide the obelisk!
  • inactive, on 07/09/2009, -2/+0Hopefully no one gets their face ripped off.
  • DirtPile, on 07/09/2009, -3/+1Respect my authori-tigh!
  • inactive, on 07/09/2009, -2/+0Gorillas are not a national, ethnic, or religious group, so it isn't genocide, it's survival of the fittest.
  • BAM22, on 07/09/2009, -3/+1"I'm gonna AhhNom Nom Nom to your ass"
  • inactive, on 07/09/2009, -9/+5I saw something pretty similar when I was driving down Martin Luther King Jr. Bvld. a few days ago.
  • EverybodyPanic, on 07/09/2009, -6/+1The two young gorillas are arguing about creationism vs evolutionism.
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  • atlquaker, on 07/09/2009, -7/+1And still, religious nuts think we didn't evolve from them...
  • R3publican, on 07/09/2009, -8/+2I bet they voted for Obama.
  • domcram, on 07/08/2009, -9/+2very expressive photo.

    a few of my monkey-photos from a recent trip to the amazon:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/canvas-wisdom/2148478 ...

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/canvas-wisdom/2130080 ...
  • Firstdaughter, on 07/09/2009, -8/+1These are great pictures, yet I can't help but wonder if their natural habitat was disturbed while obtaining them?

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