Can you name that gorilla from its noseprint?
Category: Gorillas | Date: Oct 14 2008 | By: baraza
After visiting gorillas one can’t help wanting to know more about the individuals
I found the family photo of the Amohoro group in Rwanda that I visited and wrote about in June on the IGCP website.
This is the family album of the Amohoro Group. A google search reveals that many people have visited this group like Mike Johnson who has some incredible photos of his visit on his blog here and Chris Will is in his spectacular photo album of the same group.
Have a look at their photos and mine below, see if you can identify anyone from their unique nose prints.
This as an adult female - she had a new baby
How easy/difficult is it?
Tags: Amohoro, IGCP, mountain gorillas, noseprints, Rwanda
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2 Responses to “Can you name that gorilla from its noseprint?”
Lisa, California, on 14 Oct 2008
Stunning pictures. I dream of having a photo album like these someday. Thanks for shareing them. Lisa
Faye, on 21 Oct 2008
I would say the gorilla in the first photo is Karisimbi. I’m trying to get the hang of it, IDing the MGs by their noseprints. I used to look in the wrong places, looking at their nostrils but I understand what I’m looking at/for.
I admit, it’s not so easy for me (maybe b/c I have never seen an MG up close) but I’m getting the hang of it. I bet the rangers can easily ID them.
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