Proof of Brain Photo Contest- A Recent Photo

This week's POB photo challenge theme by @friendlymoose is A RECENT PHOTO. You can see the RULES HERE

The contest ends next Sunday 8pm CEST.

The only criteria this week is to enter a photo you have taken recently. Share them in this round of the #POBPhotocontest. My photo is not an entry, but rather to promote the contest.

This is a fun photo contest with a different theme each week. If you are not already following @friendlymoose you should, so that you don't miss out on this opportunity to win some POB tokens and some Ecency POINTS. Be sure and use the #pobphotocontest tag and POST into the Proof of Brain community.

A Recent Photo

My recent photos were taken at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois, USA

As of June 3, 2024, the Lincoln Park Zoo's gorilla troop has six gorillas:
Djeke: The son of Bana
Rollie: A female gorilla
Mondika: The son of Rollie
Bahati: A female gorilla
Bella: The daughter of Bahati
Silverback Kwan: The leader of the troop

The dominant female, Bana, died last week of congestive heart failure. She was 29 years old.
Gorilla's in the wild have a life expectancy of 30-40 years

Despite years of civil unrest in the region where mountain gorillas live, conservation efforts have found success. Findings show populations in the Virunga Massif have grown to 604 individuals, up from 480 individuals in 2010. This puts the total global wild gorilla population over 1,000 individuals.
Wikipedia

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Very interesting contest and I will participate in it soon 😀

So sorry to hear about Bana, she has lived a good life and yes the gorriilas are really Worth preserving so that they don't go extinct.

The Contest must be an interesting one. So sorry to hear about Dana's death, I hope the rest are doing great?

Beautiful names the gorrillas have. I haven't seen one before, hope to one day.

show populations in the Virunga Massif have grown

Great news! I have not followed this recently.

Nice pics btw 🙂

Wow, I found out about this from you, I will try to be able to take part in the contest.
And as usual the pictures you share are very beautiful. A little sad to hear that Bana passed away.

Good morning dear friend @melinda010100
How beautiful your photographs are, what a shame what happened to Bana.
Thank you very much for remembering the contest.
Have a great day

Those close-ups are incredible. The look of the gorillas is so human, we are so similar. Your photos have reminded me of the movie "Gorilas in the fog".

What a shame to know that Bana is no longer there, although surely he has had a good life judging by how good he looks to those he has left there.

Holy cow! 1000 individual gorillas is considered a success. And in the same time:

"According to the genetic bottleneck theory, between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago, human populations decreased to 3,000–10,000 surviving individuals. It is supported by some genetic evidence suggesting that modern humans are descended from a very small population of between 1,000 and 10,000 breeding pairs that existed about 70,000 years ago."

(from Wiki). So for humans more people is now considered a genetic bottleneck, but we celebrate a worse state of gorillas...

The gorilla seems to be quite healthy which is a great sign and kudos to the zoo keepers who help this particular Gorilla stay in perfect healthy conditions.

Hi @melinda010100 I love your Zoo photos! Yes, I believe in protecting endangered animals, thanks for telling us Bana's story.

You are absolutely right, this contest is wonderful, let's hope many more Hivers will participate with their photos.

Greetings to all !!!!