COVID could wreak havoc on gorillas, but they social distance better than we do

Mongabay
Oct 22, 2021, 5:17 am214 pts
Endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s famous Volcanoes National Park could face “population collapse” within 50 years if some of them contract COVID-19, new research suggests. There are only around 1,000 mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) left in the wild, all in protected areas in Rwanda,…

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