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Two gorillas have been photographed posing for a relaxed selfie with the rangers who rescued them as babies.<\/p>\n

The image was taken at a gorilla orphanage in Virunga National Park, DR Congo, where the animals were raised after poachers killed their parents.<\/p>\n

The park\u2019s deputy director told BBC Newsday that they had learned to imitate their carers, who have looked after them since they were found.<\/p>\n

The gorillas, he added, think of the rangers as their parents.<\/p>\n

Innocent Mburanumwe, deputy director of Virunga, told the BBC that that the gorillas\u2019 mothers were both killed in July 2007.<\/p>\n

The gorillas were just two and four months old at the time.<\/p>\n

Shortly afterwards, they were found and taken to Senkwekwe Sanctuary in Virunga, where they have lived ever since.<\/p>\n

Because they\u2019ve grown up with the rangers who rescued them, Mr Mburanumwe added, \u201cthey are imitating the humans\u201d \u2013 and standing on two legs is their way of \u201clearning to be human beings\u201d.<\/p>\n

But it \u201cdoesn\u2019t happen normally\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very surprised to see it\u2026 so it\u2019s very funny. It\u2019s very curious to see how a gorilla can imitate a human and stand up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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