Mountain Gorillas Mountain gorillas where first discovered by a German captain named Robert Von Beringe on the Sabinyo volcano in 1903. The mountain gorilla is the largest of the gorillas, male gorilla’s weight up to 400lbs, and females weight 215lbs. Their life span is about 40 to 50 years. The mountain gorilla became known on 17 October 1902, and is a subspecies of eastern gorilla. It has long hair, jaws and teeth, and shorter arms, than the eastern lowland gorilla. Adult male gorillas grow silver
first recorded gorilla sighting (by western civilization) was in the 5th century B.C. by a Roman Explorer. Now every day nearly hundreds of gorillas disappear because of an unnatural death. This death is nothing mysterious, but is caused by poachers that trap these gorillas and kill them simply for their hands and sometimes even their heads. Besides that even construction and agriculture take the homes away from gorillas that were especially set aside. For these reasons’ gorillas are disappearing
Common name- Gorilla Scientific name- Gorilla gorilla class- mammalia order- primata family- pongidae genus- gorilla The gorillas live mainly in coastal West Africa in the Congo, Zaire, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. Gorillas live in the rain forest. They usually live on the ground but build nest in trees to sleep in. Gorilla troops keep a 15-20 square mile range which often overlaps the range of other troops. There are three different kinds of gorillas. The eastern lowland gorilla the western
devouring life – the bush meat trade. “Bush meat” refers to the smoked carcasses of various wild, and often endangered species that are sold illegally at rural markets of undeveloped countries and even at ethnic markets in developed nations. The meat of gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants are considered delicacies and the demand for these endangered species is increasingly high. Countries at the center of this crisis are Botswana, Mozambique, Kenya, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, Zambia, Malawi, and Tanzania
October 23, 2015. Luckily I was able to visit all of the animals in the short amount of time I had. I primarily stayed at the Gorilla and Chimp exhibit to understand their behaviors and how they act like us. From a far distance I was able to see the largest of the primates, Gorillas. The gorillas at the
Have you ever wondered about gorillas? A gorilla is a very strong built great ape with a large head and short neck. Gorillas are the largest member of the primate family. Gorillas are quiet, shy, peaceful, and live in central Africa and tropical rainforests. Several thousand years ago, gorillas split from its closest relative the chimpanzees. There are four types of gorillas, being Eastern lowland, Western lowland, mountain, and cross river gorillas. Ecology is how organism interact with one another
Besides humans, who occupy each continent, majority primates live in tropical regions of the Africa ,Asia and also America(Anon ,1911). They are very different in size from Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which is only 30 g (1 oz.), whereas the eastern lowland gorilla, is over 200 kg (440 lb.). According to fossil evidence, the early predecessor of primates might have been existed in the late Cretaceous period which was between 145.5 and 65.5 million years ago; an early close primate relative known from
The mountain gorilla was first discovered roaming the Virunga Volcanoes in Rwanda (von Beringe, 2002, p.9). German Captain Robert von Beringe and his African soldiers stumbled upon two mountain gorillas around the volcanic region on October 17, 1902 (von Beringe, 2002, p.9). Von Beringe captured and killed one of them and sent the body to the Zoological Museum in Berlin, Germany. Professor Paul Matschie, who worked with the museum, identified the gorilla as a new class and named it after its founder:
1. Mountain gorillas Mountain gorillas are most closely related to the human beings of all mammals and as such are playing significant role in discovering and understanding the development of our own species. These amazing animals could be found in central African region but because of habitat destruction and constant threats from people over the last 70 years, their numbers have decreased to around 950 ( Aldred , Nov 2012 ,The guardian ). Rwanda’s geographical position and country reforms in the
Mountain gorillas are one of the largest primates in the world. African rainforests are the only habitat for mountain gorillas and the place where these great apes face a lot of daily threats, which placed them in the critically endangered rank because their numbers are decreasing rapidly in the wild. Mountain gorillas are “big, black monkeys” as described by Captain Robert von Beringe, the first to discover Mountain gorillas and meet with them. Mountain gorillas have muscular arms, which are longer
Hominidae are considered an endangered species. The Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) populations have been diminished to areas of the Virunga Mountains of Central Africa that are found in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Uganda. Description and Identification Mountain Gorillas are one of the largest existing primates, second only two its cousin, the Eastern Lowland Gorilla. Males on average grow to weigh 430 pounds and 59 inches tall
The intelligence of gorillas has been overlooked for many decades, and is still overlooked today. Gorillas and other apes are close cousins to humans, and until recently, have been believed to only be able to achieve a level of intelligence that humans possess (Patterson). It is clear these assumptions are wrong, and gorillas do have the potential to have the same level of intelligence as humans. Even simple memory tests suggest gorilla’s intelligence is comparable to humans. “That challenges the
Two of the most distinct features that separate humans from the other great apes are bipedalism and large brain in relation to body size. But how did these features become so prominent in humans? Approximately 6-7million years ago, the hominid lineage began to diverge from the other great ape species. Tracing the evolutionary history through fossil evidence explains how early hominids evolved to become today’s most prolific primate species. The goal of this paper is to discuss the physical characteristics
Writing Response 3 In Franz De Waal’s book Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes, social interactions between the chimpanzees at the Arnhem Zoo in Holland are examined. De Waal spends time observing the lives of these animals and comparing them and their ‘culture’ to human culture. The book follows a power struggle between the three dominant male chimps, Yeroen, Luit, and Nikkie. The book does not exclude female chimps and talks about how they influence the role the alpha males play. De Waal
Introduction: Apes When humans think about animals talking we usually think it’s pretty ironic. We don’t think it’s normal because they’re animals and conversing isn’t something they do. But in reality all animals talk to each other in a way human society is never going to understand. It might not be an actual language, with words, but it’s something they use to communicate with one another. Our class got the privilege to look more closely into how animals communicate, but when we say animals we
The Siamang The siamang, or Symphalangus syndactylus, is the largest species among gibbons (apes in the family Hylobatidae). Perhaps the easiest way to distinguish between the siamang and other primates is the inflatable throat sac that rests on their neck, which can exceed the size of a siamang’s head when expanded to its full size (Gron 1). The sac functions as an enhancer for the primate’s throat calls, allowing the siamang to have the loudest call of all gibbons. The throat sac is a key component
In The Shadow Of Man is a book written by the famous anthropologist Jane Goodall, about her interactions and observations of the chimpanzee community in the Gombe area of Tanzania. In the book, you read about the many chimps within that community, among them are Flo, David Greybeard, etc. The book depicts the many different social interactions and seizures and loss of power among the community. The book also delves into the person lives of the chimps, helping the reader to better understand this
Apes Having Equal Rights Primatologist Frans de Waal of Emory University, says, “I do think we have special obligations to the great apes as our closest relatives, but if we give rights to apes, what would be the compelling reason not to give rights to monkeys, dogs, rats, and so on?” All animals should have rights but it needs to be kept clearly in mind, that apes are what we, as humans, have descended from. They are our true parents, therefore one would do all they can to help protect their
We humans have many primates, some of whom we share with apes. By studying non-human primates living or extinct, such as orangutans or the Miocene apes, who both have a part in our human evolutionary history. By studying living primates we are able to compare social behaviors and find the roots of some of our very own social learnings. By studying extinct Miocene ape remains we are able to examine the physical properties that distinguish humans from other apes.I will be referencing two articles “”
Observations: There were a total of 4 Gorillas one mom and pop gorilla and 2 younger gorillas. Paul and little Frank stood out to me the most because even though they interacted minimally I could see a father and son bond. Paul was the biggest, twice as big as the mom gorilla Azizi . Paul was an interesting one, he first just sat around leaning his back on one of the trees just staring and looking around at the other gorillas and the park visitors. He sat there for about 15 min until he moved and