The western lowland gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla) feed on fruits of more than 100 different trees, 97 of which produce fruit seasonally. When fruits are in plenty, they make up about 26% of their diets. The eastern lowland gorillas ( Gorilla beringei graueri) feed on 104 different species of plants. These plants make up about 82% of their diets, with 7% being roots and insects, 3% flowers, and 2% fruits. The better part of their diets includes stems, leaves, and buds of 142 different species of plants. Therefore their habitats lack fruit trees. The mountain gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla beringei) inhabit high-altitude areas. The cross-river gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla diehli) feed on fruits, leaves, stems and occasionally supplement their diets with snails and slugs. It is impractical to generalize the diets of all gorillas as the different subspecies feed per the availability and type of food found in their area. These foods are rich in calcium, helping with the formation of their bones. Pith (spongy tissue found in the stems of plants).ĭespite them being herbivores, they at times feed on insects, larvae, snails, and slugs.Gorillas are herbivores and live on a strict plant diet. This behavior helps them evade parasites that may nest in their beddings. Gorillas build new nests each night before they rest because they relocate in the daytime while searching for food. Their nests comprise simple clusters of branches and leaves that they sleep on at night. At midday, they rest and resume feeding late in the afternoon.Įach gorilla constructs their own nest except for the infants –baby gorillas. Gorillas forage for three to four hours each day.
Silverback gorillas full#
What a blast! Troops full of males will also occasionally participate in homosexual interactions.
They stay together, groom each other, and play together. Groups of males living together generally have friendly interactions. When the silverback dies, these males may mate with the females or become the dominant males.
On reaching maturity, the “young” males leave their groups to form or join other troops and become subordinate to the silverback. Young males of the group, known as blackbacks, are lower-ranking to silverbacks and serve as protection for the troop. The “boss” of the group calls all the shots, from mediating conflicts to determining movements of the troops, leading others to feeding sites, and safeguarding them. The silverback is the heart of the troops’. These groups typically comprise of an adult male and numerous adult females and their young. Troops can have as little as two gorillas to fifty gorillas. Gorillas live in groups referred to as troops and headed by silverbacks. Lowland gorillas inhabit the forests of Angola, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, and the DRC. You can find mountain gorillas in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). There are two main species of gorillas, each containing two subspecies that occupy different areas. They inhabit tropical forests of equatorial Africa. Gorillas are the largest living primates native to Africa, reaching heights ranging from 1.2-1.8 meters and weighing 100-270 kilograms.
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