Bristol Zoo WOW! Gorillas - Endangered PJs

Bristol Zoo WOW Gorillas project commemorates Bristol Zoo Gardens' 175th birthday. This blog is about Frances Cony's design ENDANGERED PJs. Her gorilla Bert is wearing pyjamas decorated with endangered animals. The 60 gorillas (63 now with the addition of Doris,Rafiki & King Kong Merrily on High) were around Bristol from 6 July - 7 September. 20 were at Queens Walk, More London from 16-23 September. ENDANGERED PJs was on the Bristol-Bath cyclepath at Bitton Station.

More gorillas at the A Bond

Simon Tozer's Bristol boats & Jane Ververis Callan's Blackbeard Silverback gorillas amongst others

Dave Bain's gorilla I Spy Gorilla for The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, which is going to Slimbridge

Centre gorilla is by graffiti artist Cheba and was painted at The Galleries Shopping Centre, Broadmead.

Johnny Morris????

Susan Jane Lees's Dee Dee. See Su's blog www.susanjanelees.blogspot.com

Despite the jolly pyjamas the gorilla (Bert) is to wear, this gorilla design is meant to illustrate how some of our planet's most recognisable species - as well as lots of lesser known ones - are in danger of dying out.

Red is for danger and is also for the Red List of endangered species produced by IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature), which is why I chose to make the background red...it also looks good!

Why I chose pyjamas is to do with the euphemism 'going to sleep' meaning dying.

At the time I made the design (January 2011), the animals featured on the pyjamas were either Critically Endangered: Bactrian Camel, Black Rhino, Vaquita, Orinoco Crocodile; Endangered: Blue Whale, Chimpanzee, Asian Elephant, Giant Panda, Tiger, Grevy's Zebra, Tasmanian Devil, Malayan Tapir; or Vulnerable: African Elephant. The Mountain Gorilla is also Critically Endangered.

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More gorillas at the A Bond