Mountain Gorillas

A mountain gorilla eating bamboo

About mountain gorillas

Have you ever wondered about an endangered species? An unexpected one is mountain gorillas. Mountain gorillas live in a place called the Congo Basin. According to https://www.livescience.com/,

“They can grow to a height of 4 - 6 feet, about the size of a grown human. They can also weigh 300 - 500 lbs.” Mountain gorillas have puffy black fur all over their body, males sometimes have gray fur on their backs and because of this, they’re known as silverbacks. Mountain gorillas like to munch on roots, fruit and tree bark. I love mountain gorillas because they are closely related to us and just like some people, are afraid of some types of bugs.



Male silverback mountain gorilla (top)Mother mountain gorilla and her baby (bottom) Baby mountain gorilla (right)