Gorillas animals 3. Three animal adaptations of gorillas by ben team. In fact gorillas share 983 of their genetic code with humans making them our closest cousins after chimpanzees and bonobos. Each of the modern species traces their evolution to a common ancestor that lived about 10 million years ago. 3 top 5 most insane caught at sea.
The mountain gorilla lives in the mountainous regions of central africa while the lowland gorilla. Graueri and mountain gorilla g. Try not to laugh. They even make their own tools to help them survive in the forest.
The largest of the great apes gorillas are stocky animals with broad chests and shoulders large human like hands and small eyes set into hairless faces. Gorillas are mainly herbivorous with the majority of their diet consisting of leaves shoots and stems some fruit and some small animal prey such as grubs caterpillars snails termites and ants. Silverback gorilla sucker punches another unruly gorilla at the san diego zoo. Gorillas are ground dwelling predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central sub saharan africathe genus gorilla is divided into two species.
We share 983 of our dna with gorillas making them our closest relatives after chimpanzees and bonobos. Beringei and western lowland gorilla g. Western lowland gorillas are endangered but they remain far more common than their relatives the mountain gorillas. Gorillas are easily among the top 10 animals in strengthso there is the elephantrhino hippopolar bear clydsdale buffalo giraffe crocodile killer whale whale shark sea elephant walrus and im sure quite a few more animals that have at least twice the muscle content of the largest gorilla.
They are typically divided into two groups. Gorillas are large apes that are native to africa. There are two species of gorilla the eastern gorilla gorilla beringei and western gorilla g. They live in heavy rain forests and it is difficult for scientists to accurately estimate how many survive in cameroon central african republic congo equatorial guinea gabon angola and the democratic republic of congo.
Each of these is divided into two subspecies eastern lowland gorilla g. Along with chimpanzees orangutans and humans gorillas are members of the family hominidae.