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Conservationists celebrate second twin birth just two months after another found in Virunga national park<\/p>\n

A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a> (DRC), in what conservationists are celebrating as an \u201cextraordinary\u201d event for the endangered primates.<\/p>\n

Just two months after tiny twin mountain gorillas were discovered by rangers<\/a> in the Virunga massif, in eastern DRC, another rare twin birth has been found by park wardens. This time, an infant male and female have been spotted in the Baraka family, a troop of 19 mountain gorillas that roam the region\u2019s high-altitude rainforests.<\/p>\n

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Conservationists celebrate second twin birth just two months after another found in Virunga national park A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in what conservationists are celebrating as an \u201cextraordinary\u201d event for the endangered primates. 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