Gorilla

Full grown mountain Gorillas can eat up to 60 lbs. of vegetation a day which includes: ants, worms or grub, wild berries, celery and nettles, bamboo, and thistles. Gorillas are best known for their classic chest beating by male Gorillas, which is displayed to show stature, scare off opponents, and even to prevent a fight. Mountain Gorillas are one of the most endangered animals in the world.

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Mountain gorillas are easy-going vegetarians who lead a peaceful, playful life. They are large and powerful, yet very gentle and affectionate. Gorillas are not aggressive towards humans unless they are threatened. They share 98% of the genetic makeup with that of humans. Adult male Gorillas can reach 400 lbs. and females about 200 lbs. Females do not have the crest on the top of their heads and no silver on their backs. A standing silverback can be as tall as 5 1/2 feet tall. A newborn Gorilla will weigh about 4 1/2 lbs.

Gorilla beringei

International Gorilla Conservation Program WWF

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It is estimated that there are only about 700 in existence due several factors being: decades of civil war (1960) in Central and Eastern Africa have forced approximately 750,000 people to live in refugee camps on the borders of the Gorilla reserves, habitat loss by clearing the forests, poaching for the bushmeat trade and selling their hands, heads, and feet as tourist souvenirs, spreading of Ebola, a dangerous disease, poachers after baby Gorillas for international trade will kill entire Gorilla families to capture their quarry, killing and maimed in the traps intended for other animals.

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June 13th, 2007

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African Wildlife Foundation