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Gorilla portrait

The dimple in the nose has a unique shape on every individual gorilla. Just like fingerprints on humans.
Gorilla portrait by Andreas Rolfer.
One of the mountain gorillas in the Amahoro-group, Ruhengeri, Rwanda. 
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Uhlenhorst - In Australia for some months!  Pro User  says:

Great!
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Dave Schreier  Pro User  says:

Nice Shot!!!!!
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*Simian*  Pro User  says:

Beautiful image! I've just created a new group for mountain gorilla images (Mountain Gorillas)
It'd be great if you could post it there!
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next-lifetime says:

This is beautiful!
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makeupanid  Pro User  says:

Wonderful shot!


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gogoldengecko says:

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The camera has spotted your awesome photo.
Please share this photo at Flickr's Classic Photography and tag your pic
with classicPhoto.

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JenniferGan says:

Hi, we're a new group called Animal Fotos. We'd love to have your foto in our group.

Greed?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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s_steinbrunner says:

Fantastic photo
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pallapinco (moved to "mida84") says:

Fantastic image! I really love this animal portrait!

If you want take a look to this photostream...(It's where I post some serious stuff.. ) it is not so bad! I'd really appreciate it!
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Billie Ginger says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Chimps,orangutans,gibbons and gorillas!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

AMAZING!!!!!! I didn't know about the finger print fact. Thank you.
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Nadina R.D.  Pro User  says:

Stunning capture! What a perfect portrait and interesting fact.
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© the big pictures (hibernating)  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called APE HOUSE (leave a comment please!), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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CameliaTWU  Pro User  says:

Please add this photo, or other great animal shots of yours to:

Your Best Animal Photo

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