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I have always been really attracted to the beautiful Gorilla, they are amazing creatures which have many similar features to man. Gorillas are large, gentle, shy apes that have their habitat in the beautiful land that is Africa. Gorillas have been made to look like nasty animals by the film industry in the past but are in fact quiet, shy, peaceful vegetarians. These beautifully clever creatures are at risk to extinction because of the massive deforestation of their habitats.

Gorillas that for whatever reason have been placed in captivity have displayed a great amount of wisdom learning sign language from people and have been able to form simple sentences and get over their intent with individuals. Only Gorillas in captivity that have been taught have displayed any skill with implements this doesn’t mean to say they haven’t used them in their own habitat just that they as yet haven’t been seen.

As I mentioned before Gorillas are mostly quite creatures but they communicate with each other using many complex noises and gestures this is mostly to show the young the many skills required to survive and to talk to different gorillas about social relationships, food, warning etc. Gorillas are mostly herbivores, though sometimes they will consume termites and ants. The drink they receive from the vegetation they consume is sufficient to infrequently require a drink of water, which isn’t that amazing if you consider that a normal male gorilla consumes around 50 pounds of grub each day.

The work to ensure that the gorillas areas they live is not completely destroyed has been undertaken by people over the years and now due to the many Gorilla safaris that now draw cash into the regions, particularly to see the gorgeous gorilla, the need for protection for these stunning animals is much more central. Many of these companies give businesses to go mountain gorilla tracking in the many parks in the vicinity, but this is on a permit basis to ensure the gorillas aren’t bothered too much. The protected areas the gorillas live in has allowed these safari businesses to also offer wildlife safaris which ensures that awareness and funding keeps coming into the areas.

At earlier stages of their development Gorillas would have had their habitat in the trees but they have changed into surviving on the forest floor mostly living at the forests boundary and near clearings within the forest. The average age of a wild gorilla is about 35 years, but gorillas that are put into captivity have been seen to survive till around 50.

By about ten or 12 years of age gorillas are able to mate, the gestation period of a female gorilla is around 8 to 9.5 months and she will have around 3 babies in their existence. The freshly born baby is on average half the weight of a human child. Watching a Gorilla mother bringing up her young is very much like that of a human mother with great care and affection. Young gorillas once weaned build there own beds near to there mothers and will eventually leave there side at about 3 to 4 years of age.