Active Conservation [of Gorillas] Involves Simply Going

[my] Excursions Provided A Unique Opportunity For Observing [the Gorillas' Behavior] In Their Natural Habitat... Then, All Too Soon, The Infants Were Demanded For Their Trip To The Zoo. ... [h]appily The Babies Did Not Know They Would Never See Their Mountain Home Again

Gorillas Are Almost Altruistic In Nature. There's Very Little If Any 'me-itis.' When I Get Back To Civilization I'm Always Appalled By 'me, Me, Me.'

I Shall Never Forget My First Encounter With Gorillas. Sound Preceded Sight. Odor Preceded Sound In The Form Of An Overwhelming, Musky-barnyard, Humanlike Scent. The Air Was Suddenly Rent By A High-pitched Series Of Screams Followed By The Rhythmic Rondo Of Sharp Pok-pok Chestbeats From A Great Silverbacked Male Obscured Behind What Seemed An Impenetrable Wall Of Vegetation.

None Of The Three Great Apes Is Considered Ancestral To Modern Man, Homo Sapiens, But They Remain The Only Other Type Of Extant Primate With Which Human Beings Share Such Close Physical Characteristics. From Them We May Learn Much Concerning The Behavior Of Our Earliest Primate Prototypes, Because Behavior, Unlike Bones, Teeth, Or Tools, Does Not Fossilize.

I Feel More Comfortable With Gorillas Than People. I Can Anticipate What A Gorilla's Going To Do, And They're Purely Motivated.