lowland gorilla

[ loh-luhnd guh-ril-uh ]

/ ˈloʊ lənd gəˈrɪl ə /

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Origin of lowland gorilla

First recorded in 1925–30

So, basically, your local bureaucrat will decide if your pet western lowland gorilla is a Class 2 or 3 animal, then you give him a ten-spot for processing, and you’re all set, the proud owner of one of about fourteen western lowland gorillas.
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In 2016, for instance, a lowland gorilla named Harambe had to be shot after a 3-year old climbed into his enclosure.
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Sitting up there at that little spindly-legged organ, he looked enormous, bigger than life, like a gorilla at a harpsichord.
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Then twelve guys come out and beat the gorilla over the head.
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Kerr was adamant that the gorilla tie was not a statement about evolution, but “about life.”
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In Uganda, the World Wildlife Fund estimates each gorilla rakes in $1 million in revenue each year.
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A hunter comes across a sickly gorilla, too weak to defend itself from the blows of his cleaver.
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With all the fiery enthusiasm of the Gael, he possessed to an unusual degree the caution of the Lowland Scot.
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A plateau is defined as a high lowland; therefore, this section is higher in elevation than the Coastal Plain region.
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The edge of the lowland forest where the bison wintered could be seen far away.
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The strange clan always used it on their way to and from the lowland plains.
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Again, we have the fact that man possesses normally only twelve ribs, one less than is found in the gorilla and the chimpanzee.
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