Gorillas
Gorillas are the largest living primate. Humans are also primates too. Gorillas are very smart and have been taught to use tools in captivity.
Habitat: Mountain Gorillas live in Rwanda,Uganda, and the Democratic republic of the Congo, in green volcanic mountains. Gorillas cannot survive without forests. They leave the forest when they are looking for food in the open grassland. Gorillas live exclusively in the tropical rainforest of Africa.
Appearance: Adult males are known as (silverbacks) due to the silver coloured hair on their backs. Gorillas appearance can vary based on subspecies but for the most part the western subspecies tend to be brownish gray, color,while the Eastern and Mountain Gorillas tend to have a more blackish coat.
Diet: The eat leaves, berries ,plants, fruits, flowers, shrubs,vines and sometimes small insects. Gorillas mostly eat fruit and sometimes seeds and stems. Western Lowland Gorillas eat a variety of vegetation.
Species: There are three different kinds of species. Western Lowland Gorillas, the Eastern Lowland Gorilla and the Mountain Lowland Gorilla.
Gorillas eat large amounts of vegetation every year. There are many different species of Gorillas around the world. Gorillas spend their day swinging and climbing in the trees of their rainforest home. Extinction is coming for these magnificent creatures if we don’t help them survive by taking care of our environment.
By Waipuna
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