Two gorillas stand behind a park ranger, one at a side angle, with her shoulders back, head up, apparently posing. The other seems to be peering around the back of the human to make sure she’s in shot.

The photograph – or gorilla selfie, as it has been dubbed – went viral after it was shared by Mathieu Shamavu, a ranger at Virunga national park in eastern Congo, who captured the shot.

Shamavu said he was checking his phone when he noticed two female orphaned gorillas, Ndakazi and Ndeze, mimicking his movements behind them, so he took a picture with them.  …

‘Gorilla selfie’: Congolese ranger tells how he snapped viral photo | World news | The Guardian