Gorillas posing in a ranger’s selfie is the best thing you’ll see this week
When a worker at the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo took a selfie, catching two of the parks gorillas in the background, it was clear that the highly intelligent primates had picked up a few posing tips from humans.
The humans in the photo are Mathieu, who took the photo, and Patrick, but the real stars are the female gorillas, Ndakazi and Ndeze, who, according to the caption on the Instagram photo, are always “acting cheeky”. We love them already.
The photo hit the news.
"Another day at the office…": These gorillas were photographed apparently mimicking human behavior, in a remarkable selfie with a park ranger who helped rescue them as babies. https://t.co/VqA0jXTqFX pic.twitter.com/dN4ZAyibde
— CNN (@CNN) April 22, 2019
Virunga also tweeted it out.
You might have recently seen caretakers Mathieu and Patrick’s amazing #selfie with female orphaned gorillas Ndakazi and Ndeze inside the Senkwekwe center here at Virunga. Is it real? Yes! Are these gorilla gals always this cheeky? Yes! #gorillaselfie pic.twitter.com/jINBr8HXx7
— Virunga NationalPark (@gorillacd) April 22, 2019
Twitter took them to their hearts.
It's the clear photobombing of the second gorilla that I particularly love. https://t.co/6JukjsMc2b
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) April 22, 2019
Gorillas posing for a selfie with anti-poaching rangers is what you need today. https://t.co/8uGmEdLPaz pic.twitter.com/zfAzxVSduG
— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) April 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/aliveness_ape/status/1118946502959779845
https://twitter.com/KayBurley/status/1120552845718245376
Writer and actor, Adil Ray, had his suspicions.
The one on the left is definitely Rowan Atkinson. https://t.co/m95nMjrjpP
— Adil Ray OBE (@adilray) April 21, 2019
One Twitter user read a whole lot into one (female) gorilla’s selfie stance.
This gorilla looks like his twitter bio reads “proud father to two beautifully girls, Man U for live, hate political correctness #leavemeansleave” pic.twitter.com/cMRXrkLHlt
— Mallow News (@MallowNews) April 22, 2019
She looks far too intelligent for that.
Image rights: Virunga National Park
