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means The largest of the great apes, a powerfully built, herbivorous primate native to the forests of central Africa.
from From Greek 'Gorillai', the name an ancient Carthaginian voyager named Hanno gave to a tribe of hairy, wild people his expedition met along the West African coast — possibly actual apes, possibly humans. The word slept in old texts for over two thousand years until, in the mid-19th century, an American missionary-naturalist revived it as the scientific name for the newly described ape. So the modern word borrows a label coined long before anyone knew what it truly described.
- Strength
- Lifts roughly ten times its body weight
- Chest beats
- A long-distance broadcast, not a threat display
- Nose prints
- Unique to each gorilla, like fingerprints
- Diet
- Builds those muscles on mostly leaves and stems
- Gentle giants
- Silverbacks settle most disputes without any violence
harambe — 17-year-old western lowland gorilla shot at cincinnati zoo in 2016 after a child fell into his enclosure
koko — western lowland gorilla known for learning sign language, lived 1971-2018 at san francisco zoo
colo — first gorilla born in captivity, lived at columbus zoo from 1956-1972