Read It! Central Africa has long been the home of many gorillas. But the gorillas could die out within 15 years. Their forest homes are being destroyed. More people are moving to the area. Trees are being cut down for wood. Gold, diamond, and mineral mining are also damaging the forests. Other dangers include hunting and disease. Recent wars have made the protection of gorillas more difficult. A United Nations report came out. It explained these problems and suggested some solutions. Do It! The gorillas are A roaming B adjusting С trained threatened Submit

The world’s smallest population of mountain gorillas—a subspecies of the eastern gorilla—is split in two and scientists have debated whether they may be two separate subspecies. A bit more than half live in the Virunga Mountains, a range of extinct volcanoes that border the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. The remainder can be found in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Since the discovery of the mountain gorilla subspecies in 1902, its population has endured years of war, hunting, habitat destruction and disease—threats so severe that it was once thought the species might be extinct by the end of the twentieth century.

Explanation:

the use of “as” in the example to draw the resemblance. some more examples of common similes are given below. common examples of simile. our soldiers are as brave as lions. her cheeks are red like a rose. he is as funny as a monkey. the water well was as dry as a bone. he is as cunning as a fox. simile introduces vividness into what we say.