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These animals are vegetarian (they eat shoots, leaves, fruit). They provide important ecological services in their rainforest communities by dispersing the seeds of fruits and plants that they consume.
Mountain gorillas cannot swim but they can use tools to solve problems. For example, they have been seen using a tree branch as a bridge to cross a patch of muddy ground.
Gorillas are social animals, and live in groups of 6 to 30 individuals, with a home range of 2 – 40 km (while ranges of different groups may overlap).
The female gorilla gives birth once every 4 years, usually to a single baby but sometimes to twins.
These animals are famous for their repertoire of calls which include grunts, hoots, the roar as well as the chest beating ritual.
Mountain gorillas are among our closest relatives – they share at least 97% - 98% of their DNA with the human race.
You can get more Mountain Gorilla facts here.
They have become an extremely endangered gorilla species, mainly due to human-induced causes: habitat loss, commercial hunting / poaching, diseases as well as military conflicts.
There are now only around 600 – 640 individuals left in the wild.
The conservation program for mountain gorillas that was launched at the end of the 1970s – beginning of the 1980s has been quite successful in stemming the total demise of these animals.
In addition to all the current threats faced by mountain gorillas, their reproduction rates are very slow. And this makes gorilla conservation efforts even more important than ever before.
If you want to find out more about tropical wildlife and rainforest conservation issues, please feel free to visit our Tropical Rainforest Animals website.
Irina
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