Gorilla Adventure

Gorilla Adventure is a 1969 children's book by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his "Adventure" series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt.

It depicts an expedition to capture a giant mountain gorilla for a circus.

As usual, the greatest danger posed to the brothers, and to the animals, came not from the wild beasts but in the form of humans.

The two main primary antagonists were: one inept, boastful but cowardly Belgian (Andre Tieg) who passes himself off as a guide, and a poacher of gorillas, called Nero, whose primary method was to slaughter all adults and take the young gorillas.

In the midst of the dangers, Roger becomes temporarily blinded by a spitting cobra.