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Gorilla King Titus dies in Rwanda
(AFP) – 1 day ago
KIGALI — Titus the Gorilla King, who became the world's most famous mountain gorilla after starring in Dian Fossey's "Gorillas in the Mist" and a BBC documentary, has died in Rwanda at the ripe old age of 35.
The Rwandan and national parks office said the giant old silverback "succumbed to old age" on Monday after falling ill in the past week.
"He has been sick. He's been weakening. It's in the last week that he started going down," Rosette Rugamba, head of the tourism and national parks office told AFP.
The service said the 200 kilo (450 pound) primate "has been observed closely by researchers his entire life," most notably by legendary American primatologist Dian Fossey who studied his group in the 1970s.
The link with Fossey may yet continue as Titus could be buried in the gorilla graveyard next to the remains of Fossey's mountain cabin in Karisoke, Rwanda.
Rugamba said burial arrangements have yet to be made.
Of more immediate concern is the removal of Titus' body from among his adoring group in the Virunga mountains in northwestern Rwanda.
"The other gorillas are mourning. They are cleaning him," she said.
"You have to be very careful. You can't just remove the body."
"Our vet's on standby to do an autopsy," Rugamba said, adding that this is standard procedure for any mountain gorilla in Rwanda.
Fossey is credited with bringing the primates' plight to the world's attention and most likely saving the species from extinction.
Until she was hacked to death in 1985, Fossey lived on the bamboo-clad slopes of Rwanda's Virunga mountains, surrounded by her beloved gorillas.
Her isolated life in the mountains of Rwanda, where she would single-handedly fight poachers and cattle herders who encroached on the gorillas' habitat, was immortalised in the 1988 Hollywood movie "Gorillas in the Mist" which featured Titus.
In 2008, the BBC filmed a documentary entitled "Titus: the Gorilla King".
"Titus was really one of our success stories -- every year we celebrate that this species is still alive," Rugamba said, adding: "Gorillas are more valued, more protected and the numbers are growing".
Mountain gorillas are found only on the slopes of the Virungas on the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and fewer than 700 individuals are left, according to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.
Once hunted for their meat, and for the ornamental value of their skulls and paws, the gorillas have more recently had to survive warfare encroaching on their habitat in one of Africa's most conflict-scarred regions.
Gorillas have also been vulnerable to traps set for other animals, and females have been killed so that their babies could be sold as pets.
Both Rwanda and Uganda have turned gorilla tracking into a major eco-tourism industry and a big foreign-currency earner, while war had stalled similar development in eastern DR Congo.
In Rwanda gorilla tourism has not only helped the economy but has done much to boost the image of a country that used to make the headlines only for its 1994 genocide.
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deader then tre's ability to get normal women.
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deader then tre's ability to get normal women.
Tre must be tired of watching schmoe squatting vids and decided to try and make a funny, FAIL!
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BRUTAL MISSLEADING TITLE >:(
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Does this mean Onlyme / noworries gets an advantage over Suckmymuscle in the Gorilla vs Bear debate ???
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BRUTAL MISSLEADING TITLE >:(
The silverback was the most famous Titus in history.
I actually hate schmoe squatting.
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hah.. dick! look at how many checked it..
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Gorilla King Titus dies in Rwanda
(AFP) – 1 day ago
KIGALI — Titus the Gorilla King, who became the world's most famous mountain gorilla after starring in Dian Fossey's "Gorillas in the Mist" and a BBC documentary, has died in Rwanda at the ripe old age of 35.
The Rwandan and national parks office said the giant old silverback "succumbed to old age" on Monday after falling ill in the past week.
"He has been sick. He's been weakening. It's in the last week that he started going down," Rosette Rugamba, head of the tourism and national parks office told AFP.
The service said the 200 kilo (450 pound) primate "has been observed closely by researchers his entire life," most notably by legendary American primatologist Dian Fossey who studied his group in the 1970s.
The link with Fossey may yet continue as Titus could be buried in the gorilla graveyard next to the remains of Fossey's mountain cabin in Karisoke, Rwanda.
Rugamba said burial arrangements have yet to be made.
Of more immediate concern is the removal of Titus' body from among his adoring group in the Virunga mountains in northwestern Rwanda.
"The other gorillas are mourning. They are cleaning him," she said.
"You have to be very careful. You can't just remove the body."
"Our vet's on standby to do an autopsy," Rugamba said, adding that this is standard procedure for any mountain gorilla in Rwanda.
Fossey is credited with bringing the primates' plight to the world's attention and most likely saving the species from extinction.
Until she was hacked to death in 1985, Fossey lived on the bamboo-clad slopes of Rwanda's Virunga mountains, surrounded by her beloved gorillas.
Her isolated life in the mountains of Rwanda, where she would single-handedly fight poachers and cattle herders who encroached on the gorillas' habitat, was immortalised in the 1988 Hollywood movie "Gorillas in the Mist" which featured Titus.
In 2008, the BBC filmed a documentary entitled "Titus: the Gorilla King".
"Titus was really one of our success stories -- every year we celebrate that this species is still alive," Rugamba said, adding: "Gorillas are more valued, more protected and the numbers are growing".
Mountain gorillas are found only on the slopes of the Virungas on the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and fewer than 700 individuals are left, according to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.
Once hunted for their meat, and for the ornamental value of their skulls and paws, the gorillas have more recently had to survive warfare encroaching on their habitat in one of Africa's most conflict-scarred regions.
Gorillas have also been vulnerable to traps set for other animals, and females have been killed so that their babies could be sold as pets.
Both Rwanda and Uganda have turned gorilla tracking into a major eco-tourism industry and a big foreign-currency earner, while war had stalled similar development in eastern DR Congo.
In Rwanda gorilla tourism has not only helped the economy but has done much to boost the image of a country that used to make the headlines only for its 1994 genocide.
Was he in the 202 and under class?
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Does this mean Onlyme / noworries gets an advantage over Suckmymuscle in the Gorilla vs Bear debate ???
No, the gorilla died of natural causes and not mauled by a leopard or bear. So I win.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Ok, which Titus would win in a fight to the death? Titus roided to the max with his brain frying on crystal meth and coke and armed with that thing he used to beat the girl to death, or the less beastly Titus that was a gorilla? ;D
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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GIP.
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some little tiny tit deleted my gaschamber thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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we better put suckmymuscle on a suicide watch , I don't think he'll make it to morning.
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he'll be back
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he will soon be back to destroy people who speaked out against him
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:'( :'( :'( :'(
I thought this thread was about Jay Cutler...
:'( :'( :'(
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gorillas are great
wonderful animals
though I think they'll be extinct within 50 years
whats do you expect when you're surrounded by human monkeys with the intelligence of a peanut...Africans are 100 years behind the curveball....beautiful country, too many dumb f'cks
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gorillas are great
wonderful animals
though I think they'll be extinct within 50 years
whats do you expect when you're surrounded by human monkeys with the intelligence of a peanut...Africans are 100 years behind the curveball....beautiful country, too many dumb f'cks
qft.
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He is a shape shifter ;)
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I actually hate schmoe squatting.
Don't worry Tre, keep working at it and you will be better at it in no time.....some of those schmoe's are pretty heavy.... ;D
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Ok, which Titus would win in a fight to the death? Titus roided to the max with his brain frying on crystal meth and coke and armed with that thing he used to beat the girl to death, or the less beastly Titus that was a gorilla? ;D
SUCKMYMUSCLE
Well this is one faceoff you would actually win. Good Job
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gorillas are great
wonderful animals
though I think they'll be extinct within 50 years
whats do you expect when you're surrounded by human monkeys with the intelligence of a peanut...Africans are 100 years behind the curveball....beautiful country, too many dumb f'cks
thats racist - reported
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gorillas are great
wonderful animals
though I think they'll be extinct within 50 years
whats do you expect when you're surrounded by human monkeys with the intelligence of a peanut...Africans are 100 years behind the curveball....beautiful country, too many dumb f'cks
Africa is a continent.
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No, the gorilla died of natural causes and not mauled by a leopard or bear. So I win.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
LOL, can't believe you thought I was being serious there.
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LOL, can't believe you thought I was being serious there.
We always take you serious so be careful ;)
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Titus got tired of being caged and fed to, not being able to be free. I too would want to pass away. I doubt Titus would have the balls to try it upon himself though, as gorillas aren't naturally suicidal.
On a side note, it's obvious that the late Dian Fossey wanted forceful, big gorilla bone all day and night in the jungle bush.
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Titus got tired of being caged and fed to, not being able to be free. I too would want to pass away. I doubt Titus would have the balls to try it upon himself though, as gorillas aren't naturally suicidal.
On a side note, it's obvious that the late Dian Fossey wanted forceful, big gorilla bone all day and night in the jungle bush.
I'm quite certain that she engaged in some gorilla sex at some point. White girls don't move to Africa for nothin', you know.
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Well this is one faceoff you would actually win. Good Job
Look who's talking. the only face off you could win is a pie-eating contest against an entire nation ;D
SUCKMYMUSCLE