Western Lowland Gorilla

Alondra

Habitat• Central Africa• Tropical Rain Forest

Food and Water• Wild Celery• Thistles• Bamboo• Black Bermor• Ferns

Daily Behavior• Mostly spend time eating• Male gorillas eat 40 pounds a day• 99% of their diet is plants• Gorillas communicate in silent ways

Family Structures• Both parents will take

care of own baby until its old enough to take care of self

• Sometimes male gorillas decide to leave the troop

Interesting Facts• Knuckle walks• Family is really important to them• Strong and tough• Good leaders• 90% of the gorillas have been killed in the Rain

Forest, because of poachers

Bibliography

• Jacobs ,Liza; Gorillas; 2003; Black Perch Press.

• Redmond ,Ian; Gorilla; 1995; Dorling Kindersling Limited.

• Wild Life Education; Gorillas; ?; ?.

• Schroeder, -Miller, Patricia; Gorillas; 1997; Weigl, Education Publishers Limited.