Mountain gorillas are friendly to humans as long as they are not poked or irritated or provoked to attack.
A mountain gorilla is a peaceful animal and will nto attack anyone unless they have been irritated or provoked or poked.
If you come across mountain gorillas and just go about your business then they will not harm you and will leave you alone.
Mountain gorillas are aggressive and dangerous to humans and other fellow gorillas and animals when need be.
However mountain gorillas will not go out to harm you if they don't feel the need.
As long as you stay friendly around the mountain gorilla and keep your distance with the mountain gorilla then they should not attack you or become aggressive.
There are more than 300 gorillas left although there are only around 200 to 300 cross river gorillas left in the wild.
There are thought to be around 316,000 western gorillas in the wild, and 5,000 eastern gorillas.
Both species are classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN; all subspecies are classified as Critically Endangered with the exception of the mountain gorilla, which is classified as Endangered.
Mountain gorillas are very rare and endangered and there's only an estimated 1,063 mountain gorillas left in the wild.
Silverback gorillas are not bigger than a grizzly bear and instead a grizzly bear is actually bigger than a silverback gorilla as silverback gorillas are around 2 feet shorter than grizzly bears when they stand on their hind feet.
Also silver bears reach half the weight of grizzly bears which is only around 500 lbs of weight for the silverback gorillas.
The strongest gorilla is the silverback gorillas that is physically the strongest gorilla and strongest of the apes.
The silverback gorillas strength is estimated to be equivalent to the strength of 8 healthy grown men.
The largest gorilla ever recorded is a male silverback mountain gorilla which was hunted in Cameroon and weighed 589 lbs which is around 40 percent larger than what is typical of that subspecies of gorilla.
Mountain gorillas are scared of some reptiles such as caterpillars and chamelons and they are also afraid of water and will cross streams of water only if they can without getting wet such as by crossing the stream over fallen logs.
Mountain gorillas do not eat meat as they eat mostly a vegetarian diet and eat stems, fruits and bamboo shoots.
Mountain gorillas cannot survive in captivity because their habitat is over the Mountain and if they are kept in Zoo's or captivity then they will not get the proper ecosystem they need and can die.
Mountain gorillas can only survive in dense forests of Eat, Central and Western Africa.
If mountain gorillas go extinct the natural balance in the food chain would be disrupted as gorillas, just like all wild animals play an important role in the environment and without mountain gorillas eating lots of vegetation the food chain balance would get disrupted.
A silverback gorilla is a mountain gorilla.
Adult male mountain gorillas are called Silverback gorillas because of the silver saddle of hair on their backs.
Mountain gorillas have a stocky build, with a broad chest, long, muscular arms and wide feet and hands.
The mountain gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla.
Adult male mountain gorillas are called Silverbacks because of the silver saddle of hair on their backs.
Mountain gorillas have a stocky build, with a broad chest, long, muscular arms and wide feet and hands.
Mountain gorillas are peaceful animals they will not attack anyone or anything if they have not be irritated or poked.
If you meet them and just go about your business that doesn't affect them, you will come out of their presence well and unharmed.
Mountain gorillas are endangered - there are an estimated 1,063 in the wild according to the latest census results (which come out every 5-10 years).
Gorillas, like all wild animals, play an important role in their environment.
Without these large-scale grazers eating lots of vegetation, the natural balance in the food chain would be disrupted.
Mountain Gorillas as well as Lowland Gorillas can be aggressive and dangerous to human and other animals/fellow gorillas.
Gorillas are majorly ground-dwelling, majorly herbivorous apes largely peaceful but in special clear different circumstances, gorillas can be fatally dangerous.
Certain reptiles such as chameleons and caterpillars are what are gorillas scared/afraid of.
They are also afraid of water and will cross streams only if they can do so without getting wet, such as by crossing over fallen logs, and dislike rain.
Many adult mountain gorillas were killed to obtain live babies, none of which survived in captivity.
The reason why they failed to survive is unclear, since lowland gorillas have been kept and even bred successfully in captivity.