Living with gorillas.(Skill: Reading Comprehension) From: WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin) | Date: October 26, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Weekly Reader Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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The story below is a short biography of Dian Fossey, a scientist who studied mountain gorillas. Read the story, and then answer the questions that follow.

Dian Fossey helped alert the world to the threats against gorillas. She was a U.S. zoologist who traveled to the African country of Rwanda in 1967 to study mountain gorillas. She stayed for nearly 18 years.

To gain the acceptance of the gorillas, Fossey set up camp next to a band of the a...