Author: Dian Fossey

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Gorillas are the largest of the great apes. A mature male may be six feet tall and weigh 400 pounds or more; his enormous arms can span eight feet.

Gorillas are the largest of the great apes. A mature male may be six feet tall and weigh 400 pounds or more; his enormous arms can span eight feet.

- Dian Fossey

Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization, I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me.'

Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization, I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me.'

- Dian Fossey

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

- Dian Fossey

One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior.

One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior.

- Dian Fossey

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

- Dian Fossey

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