Eastern gorilla is the largest primate in the world. There are a couple of sub species of it including the Eastern Lowland gorilla and the Mountain gorilla. They are extremely large animals that can weigh hundreds of pounds and be taller than an adult man. They also have hair all over their bodies. The arms are longer than the legs to help them to swing and due to them walking on their knuckles.Eastern gorilla is very calm. They take very good care of their offspring and form strong bonds within their troops. They aren’t territorial and they also seem to have a good time with each other. They have many forms of communication that they use to interact with each other as well as to warn others to stay away from them. They have been known to form troops that have up to 40 members in them. Most of the time though they are going to have about 12 members. It is believed these larger groups may have formed due to the lower numbers and the reduction of their natural habitat in size over the course of time.
Eastern gorilla can mate any time of the year. There is only one silverback in each troop and he is the only one that can mate with the females in that group. The males of the troop will leave when they are almost mature to go form their own troops. The females will also leave when they are mature so that they can find a silverback to be part of a troop with and for mating purposes. There aren’t any mountain zoos in captivity any where in the world at this time. There are also very few Eastern gorillas. Those that you see in captivity will almost always be Western gorillas as they seem do better in such a setting. Click Here for more details
Eastern Gorilla
Eastern Gorilla
Eastern Gorilla
Eastern Gorilla
Eastern Gorilla
Eastern Gorilla
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