Gorillas

What does a gorilla eat? And what eats them

They eat fruits and leaves and roots but they are vegetarian. Leopards and crocodiles eat the gorilla but the gorilla can protect themselves from all other predators

How tall and heavy they are

• The male is up to 1.7 metres and weighs up to 135-220kg

• And the female gorilla is up to 1.5 metres and weighs 70-90kg

Facts

• Female gorillas give birth every 4 years• Gorillas eat 40 pounds of food every day • The leader of a gorilla family is the silverback

gorilla.• there are about two silverback gorilla in every

gorilla family • The silver back gorilla is a adult boy gorilla

who has a patch of silver on his back

More facts

• Adult gorillas arms are 20% longer than there legs• Gorillas are endangered because of people cut

down their rainforest and they hunt them as well• nearly half of them live in the rainforest's over

700• The silverback gorilla leads his family to a new

area everyday so they don’t run out of food

Life span

• They live up to 50 years in captivity • And they live about 35 years in the wild

Amazing facts

• Some gorillas in captivity were taught sign language to communicate with people

• Some people steal gorillas and sell them through the black market and people use them as pets

How do they protect themselves

• they hit their chest and if that doesn't work they would attack and there would be a fight to the death

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By corban and Harley and Kieran