KINSHASA, Congo — Ndakasi, a mountain gorilla who famously posed for a selfie with a ranger at Congo's Virunga National Park, has died at 14 after a long illness, the park said. 'It is with heartfelt sadness that Virunga announces the death of beloved orphaned mountain gorilla, Ndakasi, who had been under the care of the park's Senkwekwe Center for more than a decade,' a statement from the park said this week. 'Ndakasi took her final breath in the loving arms of her caretaker and lifelong friend, Andre Bauma,' said the statement, adding that she died on Sept.

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