Democratic Republic of the Congo / 刚果民主共和国
The Democratic Republic of the Congo appears in 186.让你笑到头掉仍不忘思考，伟大的《消逝世界漫游指南》 through the source’s discussion of Zaire, the country’s former name during the period described in 《消逝世界漫游指南》. The hosts use the setting to bring in Belgian colonial violence, Leopold II, Mobutu-era disorder, corruption, and conservation work under unstable institutions.
The country is tied to two focal species in the episode: mountain gorillas and the northern white rhinoceros. It therefore connects political history to Last-Chance Ecological Witnessing rather than letting endangered species appear outside human systems.
Connections
- Mountain Gorilla / 山地大猩猩 and Northern White Rhinoceros / 北部白犀牛 - focal species.
- 《消逝世界漫游指南》, Douglas Adams / 道格拉斯·亚当斯, and Mark Carwardine / 马克·卡沃丁 - source frame.
- Conservation Intervention, Functional Extinction, and Empathy Circle Expansion - concepts connected to the setting.