story of a chimpanzee pleing to a man by hugging his leg, first published by a Bengali website, and which later appeared on many or publications and websites, has been found to be untrue on September 2.

Netizens mistook story to represent  precarious state of animals in current forest fires raging across  Amazon. y presumed that chimpanzee clung to a man begging him for shelter and safety from forest fire. But it turns out, photo was unrelated to ongoing Amazon forest fires. Have a look at previous post:

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real story

Contrary to claim me online, picture was originally taken in 2017. It is actually a picture of a female Gorilla from an orphan in Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa. young female was attempting to cheer up her human caretaker by hugging and holding him.

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 evidence behind finding

A simple reverse im search on viral picture revealed several links to various websites that h alrey published this picture earlier. Multiple inernational publications carried story and picture in 2017.

articles mentioned that picture was originally taken by photographer Nelis Wolmarans who captured rare moments of a female Gorilla named Matabishi trying to cheer up her caretaker Matthieu by imitating his s expressions. This shoot took place at Senkwekwe Mountain Gorilla Orphan in Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa.

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Why did people fall for story?

Amazon rainforest, also referred to as 'Earth's lungs', is a major carbon dioxide sink - meaning that it helps in reducing composition of greenhouse gas in atmosphere and reby combats global warming. ongoing various forest fires are quickly turning Amazon forest to ashes and endangering innumerable species of flora and fauna. 

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