Mountain gorilla chewing plant in wild (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Mountain gorilla chewing plant in wild

Caption

Mountain gorillas spend much of their time chewing and spitting out plants. Veterinary scientists found that collecting and analyzing the discarded plants can help them detect viruses.

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Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis

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