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Western Gorilla
Gorilla gorilla (Western Gorilla · ニシゴリラ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its upper weight limit of 275 kg is close to fourteen 20 kg bags of rice (Comparison).
- 💡 A Western Gorilla named Koko learned more than 1,000 signs in sign language to communicate with researchers (ADW).
- 💡 A newborn weighs about 2 kg, similar to the weight of one 2 L bottle of water (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Western Gorilla is a very large and powerful primate living in the tropical forests of Africa; it is shy and gentle unless threatened, when it can become very dangerous.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Tailless with jet-black skin, it has a short muzzle, a prominent brow ridge, large jaw muscles, and broad strong teeth. In older males, the hair on the back and rump turns gray.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
A herbivore that feeds on juicy-stemmed plants, leaves, and fruits, it also climbs trees up to 15 m high in search of food. Females give birth to a single infant after about nine months of gestation and nurse it for 3–4 years.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List CR (2018) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9404/136250858
- • IUCN Red List category CR — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000717
- • iucnredlist.org — 136250858
- • wikidata.org — Q737838
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Gorilla gorilla at the Bronx Zoo 007.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Gorilla gorilla
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Margot Michaud · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.