Girlhood. 💗🦍 New research from Rwanda suggests the relationships built between female mountain gorillas are more important than previously understood. Scientists based the research on 20 years of data covering multiple groups of gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, in Rwanda. The scientists found that even when two females had been apart for many years, a newly arrived gorilla would still try to join a female she had formed a previous connection with. The gorillas avoided groups that had males they were likely to be related to, but the presence of females they knew also "mattered a lot", explained lead researcher Victoire Martignac. Tap the link in the BBCNews’s bio to read what the new insight means. (📷- Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund/ Getty) #Gorillas #bbcnewspidgin