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Given the size and potential danger of gorillas, Dr. Cranfield (right) has a team of helpers with him to make sure that they and the animal are safe throughout the operation.

he traveled to Japan to help set up an animal park there. He became a Gorilla Doc in 1999, and his many years of experience taught him just what to do on that misty morning he found himself within inches of the angry silverback. Named for the stripe of silvery-gray fur they develop across their backs when they reach maturity, male mountain gorillas can weigh almost 500 pounds and are said to have six times the strength of the average human. Gorillas live in troops, and each troop has a dominant

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