What Is Gorilla Nose Printing?

Jacques knows his gorilla noses. In an effort to identify all the Mountain Gorillas within Virunga National Park, rangers like Jacques use 'noseprints' in a similar way we use fingerprints to tell who's who. Each gorilla has their own unique pattern of wrinkles above their nostrils - see if you can spot the differences.

Rangers at #Virunga use drawings and photos of the Mountain Gorillas 'noseprints' to aid in the development of a database for the identification of these Endangered apes within the park.

Re:wild is in close partnership with #Virunga to scale up the monitoring and protection of Mountain Gorillas, with support from EU International Partnerships.