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Letter: Gorillas' meat

Published 6 December 2006

From Linda Doran

You say that it is a mystery how gorillas get HIV as they are vegetarian and rarely encounter chimps (11 November, p 17). Gorillas are, in fact, not strict vegetarians. There are many instances of them hunting and exhibiting cannibalism, recorded by Dian Fossey and others.

Galway, Ireland

Issue no. 2581 published 9 December 2006

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