Photo: Gorillas Photographed Mating Face-to-Face -- A First



In the first photograph taken of wild gorillas engaging in the behavior, lowland gorillas in Congo nicknamed George and Leah mate face-to-face as Leah's four-year-old daughter Nancy looks on.

Photograph by Thomas Breuer, courtesy Wildlife Conservation Society


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