I had never heard of Virunga National Park in Africa until reading The Chimera Sequence by Elliott Garber just a few weeks ago. Today while browsing stories on CNN I came across a story of a little boy who was attacked by a chimp near Virunga National Park who is now getting much needed medical treatment so he can hopefully live a somewhat normal life. (Story on CNN)
While reading the story on CNN I found out there is a documentary on Netflix about Virunga and the plight to save the endangered mountain gorillas living there. (http://virungamovie.com/) I will be watching this documentary in the near future as i'm sure it will fascinating, especially after having just read a book that partially takes place there.
Obviously, this is not a book review but since all these things are related to the book that I read, and if it wasn't for the book I wouldn't have heard about Virunga until reading the article about the little boy, and then I probably wouldn't be as interested in watching the documentary since those usually aren't my thing, I find it pretty interesting. Ok, run on sentence/rant about it being a small world due to the internet and being able to read about/ learn about just about anything from the convenience of your own home!
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