The Traverse Plush

Every plush tracks a gorilla

$29.95
$29.95
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      • Tracked manually by researchers in the field
      • This animal’s safety guarded with the Fahlo Protection Ping™


      Every Fahlo tracking experience includes the Fahlo Protection Ping™. This indicates each animal’s unique path may be live, delayed, or historical based on required safety protocol in accordance with our nonprofit partners.

      While the experience of following an animal’s journey remains the same for you, we work behind the scenes with our partners to ensure this experience is presented in a way that keeps the animals safe, one step or splash at a time.

    • Track a real gorilla and hug this one! Created in partnership with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, each gorilla plush unlocks an interactive tracking map and supports conservation efforts. Go ahead, beat your chest.

      Details

      • shipping Add 2 or more plush for free shipping
      • support 10% of profits donated to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
      • recycled filling Stuffing made from recycled water bottles
      • Suitable for all agesHuggable for all ages
      • Size: 10 inchesSize: 12"

       

      *Free shipping may not be valid with promotional discounts unless otherwise stated. For more details visit the FAQ page.

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Each plush comes
with a real gorilla to track Each plush comes
with a real gorilla
to track

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Meet your gorilla and learn their story

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Reveal exclusive stats, photos, and updates along the way

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Follow their journey on a 3D tracking map

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In partnership with Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

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We donate 10% of profits to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and their work researching and protecting gorillas. The Traverse Plush helps further this mission with every purchase, tracking critically endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda.

One Small Plush.
One Big Mission.

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Common Questions

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    • Per our partners at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, the gorillas are tracked to ensure their ongoing protection and  to better understand their behavior, ecology, genetic diversity, and habitat requirements—all of which is essential to developing effective conservation strategies. Their holistic approach is founded on four key pillars: daily gorilla protection, scientific research, training conservationists in Africa, and helping local communities to ensure the future of gorilla conservation for generations to come. The Fossey Fund protects two of the four gorilla subspecies: the critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the endangered mountain gorillas in the Virunga mountains of Rwanda. 

      Learn more about our partner’s work protecting gorillas here. 

    • The gorillas are not physically tagged, so tracking consists of teams of trackers following the trail of the gorilla groups they monitor until they find them each day and then they use GPS devices to gather and record information. 

      Learn more about how gorillas are tracked here. 

    • Not at all! The gorillas have become indifferent to the presence of the trackers and to ensure their ongoing health, trackers spend just enough time with the gorillas to ensure they are all present and healthy.

    • Silverback gorillas are capable of lifting more than 1763 lb (800 kg)—twice as much as a physically fit and well-trained human!

    • The average silverback gorilla weighs up to 430 lb (195 kg), standing up to 6 ft (1.8 m) tall on two legs.

    • Running on all fours, gorillas can reach speeds of up to 25 mph (40.2 kph) in short bursts, much faster than the 8 mph (12.9 kph) speed of the average human male.

    • Your plush had quite the long journey to get to you! If it appears squished from lack of legroom during shipping, give it a good fluff to help it return to its normal, cuddly shape. Still need help? Email us at support@myfahlo.com.