Male mountain gorillas can weigh from 374 pounds to 484 pounds while females weigh a little less like 160 pounds to 215 pounds. A lunge on the gorilla’s back, paws buried deep in the skin, a bite to the neck, and the gorilla would be dead. If the fight would to happen in a dense forest, where a leopard could sneak up on the unsuspecting gorilla, the leopard might win. The face is black and hairless, with small eyes that are close together and large. The leopard would put up a fight and leave a mark on the gorilla. Only people of 15 years and above will be allowed to trek mountain gorillas and permits must be booked 3-6 months in advance before travelling in the country. Gorillas are some of the most powerful and striking animals. Mountain gorillas can be trekked from any of the above national parks with Rwanda charging $1500 per person, Uganda $600 and Congo $400. Family troops are lead by an adult male, commonly identified as a silverback. Gorillas are considered strong because the grip of a Silverback is very strong and can easily crush a crocodile. Gorillas are better formed to make certain movements with more strength. Gorillas are incredibly strong because they are capable of tearing down a huge banana tree just to get the fruits. The name gorilla means hairy person and was coined by an explorer from. They also have larger stomachs bigger than their chests. Gorillas are strong in that they are capable of breaking bamboo sticks which can be seen as an exhibition of 20 times stronger than an average man. Its quite easy to recognize the silverback gorillas during your Gorilla trek in Uganda, Rwanda or Congo because of their unique color and large size. This is because upon reaching maturity, the hair on the backs of the Male Mountain Gorillas begins to grayish or silver-colored. and shoulders, large, human-like hands, and small eyes set into hairless faces. The term silverback is used to refer to adult male mountain Gorillas. Gorillas have their arms longer than their legs and the hands support most of the body weight while their also used for moving this makes the arms built and strong. Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei) silverback in Susa group, Rwanda. a Silverback gorilla can lift up to 815 kilograms of dead weight according to the genius world book of records while a well trained human can lift a maximum of only 410 kilograms.
You can see such features when you book gorilla trekking tours to Uganda, Rwanda or DR Congo.Īccording to an experiment conducted in 1924 showed that an adult gorilla can throw about 450 kilograms of force. Gorillas are strong because when compared to humans, a gorilla is about nine times stronger than an average man.
Gorillas have large, strong and impressive canines a bite of a Silverback has been recorded to be 1,300 pounds per square inch that is much stronger than that of a lion at 650 PSI and of a great shark by 625 PSI. Gorilla’s strength cannot be fully measured because they rarely even demonstrate their power. Since they are herbivores, silverbacks eat a variety of roots, fruit, herbs, bark, bamboo and sometimes insects. They can weigh up to 350 pounds with a stocky build, muscular arms and broad chest making them the largest among the primates. Gorillas are impressive shy and gentile animals but can also become very aggressive when disturbed or they feel insecure. An average silverback height is up to 6 feet tall while female mountain gorillas average up to 5 feet tall.
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