Nickname: Rilla

Characteristics:

The largest of all the primates, the gorilla looks like a big fluffy monkey with huge arms and a big powerful chest. He has a full head of hair with a shiny black face.

Height:

Gorilla can be just over 1.85 meters or 6ft tall and give meaning to the term “tall, dark and handsome?”

Weight:

The gorilla can weigh up to 210kg. That’s ‘tall, dark, handsome and heavy’! He is about the weight of two big men put together.

Where they live:

Gorilla’s live in Africa in the Afro – Alpine zone. There they have ample room in the bamboo forest and swampy glades.

What they eat:

The Gorilla eats leaves, shoots, bamboo, wild celery, fruits, bark and fungi. They can grow up to 210kg on this diet?

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