Going Ape.

Authors :: Meadows, Susannah
Begun, Bret
Stroup, Katherine
Source :: Newsweek. 4/23/2001, Vol. 137 Issue 17, p5. 1/4p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Reports that gorillas in the Congo are being illegally hunted to obtain tantalum, or coltan, a common substance used in cellular telephones. Reasons why the Grauer's gorillas are specifically being killed; Use of coltan in the capacitors that store energy in cellphones.