People can understand mountain gorillas just by looking at them! Take Justin Rowlatt for example. He knew that the mountain gorilla knew he was there, but they ignored him until a baby gorilla came tumbling past both him and the gorilla. Then they looked at each other and understood each other. This made it seem like you were their equal and there was no definition between the two. This is only one of the things that make gorillas amazing.

Sadly, in recent times, the world’s mountain gorillas are on an unavoidable path to extinction. Sir David Attenborough even said that his interaction with the gorillas was “tinged with sadness.” Even though it was one of life’s most memorable events, he was worried that he was meeting “the last of their kind.” People have even tried protecting them, but mountain gorillas can’t live in captivity. People living in these areas have even given tourism to help these gorillas to communicate.

On top of all that, people are unwilling to set aside land for gorillas because of the financial support they would need, even though this is the only way to help gorillas. Developing countries are even demanding $100bn (billion) a year to support conservation. This has worked out so far and it shows that we can save any species from extinction.