2. What does a gorilla eat? And what eats them They eat fruits and leaves and roots but they are vegetarian. Leopards and crocodiles eat the gorilla but the gorilla can protect themselves from all other predators
3. How tall and heavy they are The male is up to 1.7 metres and weighs up to 135-220kg And the female gorilla is up to 1.5 metres and weighs 70-90kg
4. Facts Female gorillas give birth every 4 years Gorillas eat 40 pounds of food every day The leader of a gorilla family is the silverback gorilla. there are about two silverback gorilla in every gorilla family The silver back gorilla is a adult boy gorilla who has a patch of silver on his back
5. More facts Adult gorillas arms are 20% longer than there legs Gorillas are endangered because of people cut down their rainforest and they hunt them as well nearly half of them live in the rainforest's over 700 The silverback gorilla leads his family to a new area everyday so they don’t run out of food
6. Life span They live up to 50 years in captivity And they live about 35 years in the wild
7. Amazing facts Some gorillas in captivity were taught sign language to communicate with people Some people steal gorillas and sell them through the black market and people use them as pets
8. How do they protect themselves they hit their chest and if that doesn't work they would attack and there would be a fight to the death