Why is Gorliase important?
Without these large-scale grazers eating lots of vegetation, the natural balance in the food chain would be disrupted. This could negatively affect other wildlife in the area, and ultimately the people who depend on that environment for food, water, and other resources.
Looking at the photo and when looking into it I need to give my gorilla a strong will type of personality.need to have a strong back and personality about him and the way he stands and moves around need to have an impact so that people know that he is the main impact. Maybe could make the other character more small or in a totally different style therefore the difference is more clearer.
Characterise of gorillas?
Mountain gorillas are as shy as they are strong. But when threatened, they can be aggressive. They beat their chests and let out angry grunts and roars, mainly done by the man males in the group which will be the silverback. Group leaders will charge at the threat. Mothers will fight to the death to protect their young.
-silver back are very protective and the head of the group leader
-how they acted when feeling threatened , they scream, grab foliage, tear up and throw plants, drum on their chest with their hands or fists, stamp their feet, stand on their hind legs and strike the ground with their palms and gallop in a mock
-there can eat all day
-the cozy up at night time
-they have 16 different calls
-live family’s
-Can live over 40+
How do Gorillas live?
Mountain gorillas live in groups of up to 30. The group, or troop, is led by a single alpha male, an older silverback. These males are called silverbacks because of the silver stripe they develop on their backs when they mature. The oldest males of the group are at least 12 years old. These troops also include several younger males, adult and juvenile females, and infants.
In addition to providing protection to group members, silverbacks maintain order and decide all activities within their troop. They schedule feeding trips, resting time, and
travel. They also father the majority of the young in the group.
How much do Gorillas weigh?
Newborn gorillas weigh about 1.8 kg (4 lb.) at birth. They are as weak and uncoordinated as human babies. For the first four years of their lives, they get around by clinging to their mothers backs. By 3.5 years of age, the young gorillas are fully weaned from their mothers milk and start the same diet as mature mountain gorillas: plants, leaves, roots and shoots.
Fully-grown male mountain gorillas can weigh up to 180 kg (400 lb). Females weigh half that at about 90 kg ( 200 lb). Aside from the silver stripe on their backs, male mountain gorillas are distinguished from females because they have a crest of fur on their heads. Both genders have similar thick black hair covering their body. Their thick hair keeps them warm in cold mountain temperatures.
I need to take this into consideration when playing out the way they move and how to build my character so that they move quiet well.
What are primates?(www.collinsdictionary.com, n.d.)(phys.org, n.d.)Primate, in zoology, any mammal of the group that includes the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. The order Primates, with its 300 or more species, is the third most diverse order of mammals, after rodents (Rodentia) and bats (Chiroptera). Primates arose 85–55 million years ago first from small terrestrial mammals, which adapted to living in the trees of tropical forests: many primate characteristics represent adaptations to life in this challenging environment, including large brains, visual acuity, color vision, a shoulder girdle allowing a large degree of movement in the shoulder joint, and dexterous hands. Primates range in size from Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur, which weighs 30 g (1 oz), to the eastern gorilla, weighing over 200 kg (440 lb). There are 190–448 species of living primates, depending on which classification is used. New primate species continue to be discovered: over 25 species were described in the first decade of the 2000s, and eleven since 2010.
Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorillas-World, 2016)
-Description -more common type of gorilla found in zoos and parks
-family:Hominade
-species gorilla gorilla
– smallest species of gorilla
-male height is between 1.5 and 1.8 meters, and their weight ranges 140-270 kilograms
-females are smaller than males
– both robust and powerful
-board skull and narrow bridge
– powerful jaw/32teeth
-they have more human hands as the have and can use their thumbs
– they have skin everywhere and only can stand on their two feet for 2 metres.
Habit- western lowland
-Cameroon, Angola, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo and Equatorial Guinea
-inhabit lowland tropical forests, although some populations live in swampy forests, riparian forests and forest edges where the environment is humid and rainy, full of vegetation
Feeding- consists of fruits, roots, leaves, stems, bark and wood pulp
-100 species of plants and adults eat about 18 kilograms of food per day
Behaviour- there live in packs a nd the main leader beng the silver back
Threats
-there main source is threats poaching
-ebola disease
Cross River Gorilla (Gorillas-World, 2016a)
Description -most threatened of all subspecies
-very different from the other subspecies
– body is robust and powerful
-skull is slightly shorter
-teeth, hands, and feet apparently shorter
– sexual dimorphism: males are taller and heavier than females. On average, they are 1.65 to 1.75 meters height and weigh between 140 and 200 kilograms. Females reach an average height of 1.40 meters and a weight of about 100 kg.
-shy animal
Habit -rarely seen
-Nigeria and Cameroon
– 1,500 to 3,500 meters above the sea level.
-Takamanda National Park in Cameroon, and in the Cross River National Park in Nigeria
Feeding -herbivorous diet that includes leaves, fruits, herbs, vines and tree bark
Behaviour-flexible family groups with 2 to 20 individual approximately
-similar behaviour to other species of gorila
Threats- city and town in the rainforest and taking over where they live
-poaching
-small number of gorillas available for mating reduces the options, which ultimately affect their health and chances of survival.
Eastern Lowland Gorilla(Gorillas-World, 2016b)
Description -eastern lowland gorilla is the largest of all gorilla subspecies.
-biggest of all primates in the world
-honor of the Austrian scientist Rudolf Grauer
-robust and big
-males are larger and heavier than females
-adult male height is 1.69 meters and weighs 163 kilograms, while adult females are about 1.60 meters heigh and weight little more than 81 kg
-strong skeleton with a big skull
Habit -Maiko National Park, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, the Tayna Gorilla Reserve and Itombwe Mountains region.
-tropical forests and lowland
-marshlands and areas with less dense vegetation
Behaviour- groups are formed with 2 to 30
-male has a privileged position and at the same time a great responsibility
-important decisions as the resting and feeding places
-Gorillas are not aggressive or territorial
Threats-poaching
-bush meat trade
-fragmentation in mining
Description -endangered primates.
-skin is thicker to deal with cooled temperatures
-stocky body
-broad and rounded abdomen
-long arms
-narrow chest
-elongated skull
Two hand walk for 6 metres
Habit -central Africa, in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo
-Virunga mountains
-Albertine Rift mountains
-mountainous tropical forests
-altitudes up to 4.300 meters
Behaviour -peaceful and social animal
-Live well together
threats-Critically Endangered
-poaching
-habitat loss
-human-transmitted diseases
-armed conflicts
What are the benefits of money living together in a pack?(Gorillas-World, 2014)
Similar to other primates, they are very social animals that live in groups. Life in society helps them to survive. Males protect females and the offspring of the group, and in turn, the dominant male can access the females that are in heat so that they can reproduce and keep the species growing.