File talk:Igbo Boys with Dead Gorilla 1906.jpg

This picture is not a picture of a "Cross River gorilla". Close scrutiny of the anatomy and facial features reveals it's not a gorilla at all, but a young chimpanzee.

The pic's file history says it came from http://ukpuru.blogspot.com/, a site about the Ibo of Nigeria. The words "Young gorilla (?) killed at Asaba, So. Nigeria, west Africa, 1906." are hand-written (apparently by an anonymous chronicler, possibly but not definitely the photographer) at the base of the photograph.

http://ukpuru.blogspot.com/search/label/Animals is the page on the Ibo site that contains the pic. The author of that site does not claim the animal is a Cross River gorilla. The error, then, originates with wikipedia editor AdamFromTheVillage, who on Dec. 17, 2012 added the false description: "Igbo children with a dead Cross River Gorilla." -- whether by honest mistake or intentional fraud remains unclear.

However, the Ibo site does attribute the photo to "R. L. Beard", which a quick yahoo search reveals is a joke internet name. NoahDavidHenson (talk) 00:17, 16 August 2013 (UTC)