Assertion: mountain gorilla's number | /r/HasProperty | small
Facets:
value: dreadfully
type: DEGREE
value: relatively
type: DEGREE
value: in comparison with other species
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Sir David Attenborough, whose 1979 encounter with the great apes remains a famous television moment, said: “When I first visited the mountain gorillas, the situation was dire: the number of these remarkable animals was dreadfully small.
text: The first project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas reveals that many harmful genetic variations have been removed from the population through inbreeding, that mountain gorillas are genetically adapting to surviving in small populations, and that they have survived in small numbers for thousands of years.
text: By analyzing the variations in each genome, researchers also discovered that mountain gorillas have survived in small numbers for thousands of years.
text: When I first visited the mountain gorillas in 1979, the situation was dire; the number of these remarkable animals was dreadfully small.
text: In comparison with other species, the number of gorillas in the world is relatively small, and is, unfortunately declining rather than increasing.