1.   Mountain gorillas are on the verge of extinction.

2.   Sadly, one of the most prized wildlife trophies remains the head of a mountain gorilla.

3.   Because handsome animals like the mountain gorilla attract attention, they stand a better chance of surviving than their more obscure, and much more numerous, brethren.

4.   Adams was taken prisoner during a five-day visit to see the celebrated mountain gorillas in the nearby mountains.

5.   Eight tourists were killed in March, by the same Hutu rebels, while tracking mountain gorillas in Uganda, and tourism has yet to rebound.

6.   First, some experts say the gorillas there, while called lowland gorillas, are actually closer genetically to the nearly extinct mountain gorilla.

7.   Goldsmith was interested in the fact that Bwindi mountain gorillas come into contact with chimpanzees and the Virunga mountain gorillas do not.

8.   It is credited with helping to save pandas, mountain gorillas and snow leopards, among other threatened species.

9.   Mountain gorillas are endangered.

10.   Mountain gorillas do not survive in captivity.