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Bald Blackback Gorilla

Rangers in Virunga National Park named this mountain gorilla Kadogo, which means "very small" in Swahili, because of his tiny size at birth. He was also born without hair on his head.

Ranger Innocent Buranumwa, who blogs from Virunga National Park in Congo for National Geographic Society partner WildlifeDirect, writes: "Kadogo is very calm and constantly curious. When I see him he always sits down, folds his arms to rest his chin on his hands, and keeps an eye on me. I never know why he does this."

Photograph courtesy Virunga National Park/ICCNN

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