1. Who is Dr.Leaky? A professor who studies gorillas.
2. What is Dian Fossey's job in Africa? To tract and count the gorillas.
3. Who is her guide and what does he know how to track? Simbagery, he knows how to track buffalo, elephant and antelope.
4. Why does Dian decide to stay in Africa? Because she found another way to tract the gorillas.
5. What does she call her first group of gorillas? Silverbacks.
6. How does Dian get close to the gorillas? She goes up to 30 feet away from the gorillas and acts like them too.
7. Describe some of the actions she uses to attract the gorilla's attention.
-Growls/screams
-Crawling
-"Eats" plants
-Chest pounding
8. "If they want a witch, I'll give them a witch". Describe this statement of Dian Fossey's and what did she do? She painted trees with a witch image.
9. Describe the Silverback's hand. 4th and 5th fingers are webbed.
10. Why are the African gorillas being trapped? Because they are used for exotic antiques.
11. What do Dian and Bob do when the gorilla charge at them? They start to eat the plants.
12. Describe how Dian and Bob move when they are around the gorillas? They move very caution and submissively.
13. Which gorilla holds Dian's hand? The leader of the group, Digit.
14. How does Dian react after she rescues the baby? Dian was very mad but at the same time glad she had saved the baby's life.
15. Why aren't the gorillas protected from the government? Because they are a necessity for the economy and protection is very expensive.
16. Why doesn't Dian want to leave with Bob Chapman to study primates in Borneo? She decides to stay because she really did like being with the gorillas, and she was the only one that really cared about the gorillas safety.
17. How does Dian handle meeting the gorilla when she is with her research students? She acts very cautions since she doesn't know the gorilla.
18. What happened to Digit and why did it happen? Digit gets attacked by the local poachers and he dies(decapitated).
19. Explain Dian's behaivor after she found Digit's body? Dian went a little mad, she was even close to hang one of the poachers but at the end she breaks down crying.
20. Who are the first gorillas she visits upon her return? Digit's group.
21. Who is Simba? Digit is Simba's father. How do we know? Simba is one of the pregnant gorillas. We know this because of her 4th and 5th fingers are webbed.
22. How does Dian defend "her mountain" ? By getting anti-poachers rangers and fighting the local poachers.
2. What is Dian Fossey's job in Africa? To tract and count the gorillas.
3. Who is her guide and what does he know how to track? Simbagery, he knows how to track buffalo, elephant and antelope.
4. Why does Dian decide to stay in Africa? Because she found another way to tract the gorillas.
5. What does she call her first group of gorillas? Silverbacks.
6. How does Dian get close to the gorillas? She goes up to 30 feet away from the gorillas and acts like them too.
7. Describe some of the actions she uses to attract the gorilla's attention.
-Growls/screams
-Crawling
-"Eats" plants
-Chest pounding
8. "If they want a witch, I'll give them a witch". Describe this statement of Dian Fossey's and what did she do? She painted trees with a witch image.
9. Describe the Silverback's hand. 4th and 5th fingers are webbed.
10. Why are the African gorillas being trapped? Because they are used for exotic antiques.
11. What do Dian and Bob do when the gorilla charge at them? They start to eat the plants.
12. Describe how Dian and Bob move when they are around the gorillas? They move very caution and submissively.
13. Which gorilla holds Dian's hand? The leader of the group, Digit.
14. How does Dian react after she rescues the baby? Dian was very mad but at the same time glad she had saved the baby's life.
15. Why aren't the gorillas protected from the government? Because they are a necessity for the economy and protection is very expensive.
16. Why doesn't Dian want to leave with Bob Chapman to study primates in Borneo? She decides to stay because she really did like being with the gorillas, and she was the only one that really cared about the gorillas safety.
17. How does Dian handle meeting the gorilla when she is with her research students? She acts very cautions since she doesn't know the gorilla.
18. What happened to Digit and why did it happen? Digit gets attacked by the local poachers and he dies(decapitated).
19. Explain Dian's behaivor after she found Digit's body? Dian went a little mad, she was even close to hang one of the poachers but at the end she breaks down crying.
20. Who are the first gorillas she visits upon her return? Digit's group.
21. Who is Simba? Digit is Simba's father. How do we know? Simba is one of the pregnant gorillas. We know this because of her 4th and 5th fingers are webbed.
22. How does Dian defend "her mountain" ? By getting anti-poachers rangers and fighting the local poachers.