Gorilla portrait

The dimple in the nose has a unique shape on every individual gorilla. Just like fingerprints on humans.

One of the mountain gorillas in the Amahoro-group, Ruhengeri, Rwanda.

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Uhlenhorst - In Australia for some months! says:

Great!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Dave Schreier says:

Nice Shot!!!!!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Simian 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!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

next-lifetime says:

This is beautiful!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Wonderful shot!

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

JenniferGan says:

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

Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Rαtαtoskr says:

Great capture.
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I'm an administrator for a group called Threatened Species (Red listed)
Your photo depicts a species listed in IUCN's red list as threatened, with a more serious rating than the Least Concern status.

We'd love to have your photo added to our group, and for you to join us.

The few rules, based on the intentions of the group, are all shortly stated on the first page.

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Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

s_steinbrunner says:

Fantastic photo
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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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Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Nadina R.D. says:

Stunning capture! What a perfect portrait and interesting fact.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

© the big pictures (hibernating) 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!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

CameliaTWU says:

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

Your Best Animal Photo

Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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Taken with a Nikon D70.
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