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Animals
5 Cool Things About
Gorillas
I love you
Along with other great apes, mommy! Happy
Mother’s Day!
bonobos, orangutans and
chimpanzees are the CLOSEST
RELATIVES TO HUMANS.
Their arms are longer than
their legs and they can
either WALK UPRIGHT, or
on all fours using their knuckles.
Gorillas are VERY ENDANGERED Did you know?
and two of the four species have when they are born. They
Baby gorillas are helpless
start crawling at two
less than 1,000 individuals left in months and only walk alone
the wild! at eight or nine months.
They are HERBIVORES, which
mean they eat plants, roots,
shoots and fruits.
The males are the leaders of the
group. They decide when the
group eats, sleeps
and moves. They are
called SILVERBACKS
because of their
silver-coloured fur
on their backs.
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