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 [[LastChanceToSee|《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: [[MountainGorilla|mountain gorillas]] and the [[NorthernWhiteRhinoceros|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.
• [[LastChanceToSee|《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.