GORILLAS

Niama

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HABITAT

central Africa upland mountain virunga Low eastern mountain in Congo Moist tropical forest Bowl shape nest Close to food and water

FOOD AND WATER

eats fruit likes berries, banana, grapes eats stalks, shoots, stem ,bark eats 45 pounds males more eat before dark

DAILY BEHAVIOR

sleeps 15 hour a day naps frequently during day make a new bowl shape bed sleep in the tree eats before dark swing on branches and vines love fighting and wresling

Home

FAMILY STRUCTURES

lives in herds meet other gorillas treat their kids love Female feed young Male in charge

INTERESTING FACTS

speck sign language to talk close human nose prints forced to live home gorillas indanger losing fingers or toes Elegal hunter to gorilla Male silver backs

BIBLIOGRAPHYHarriet Blackford. Gorillas story. New York: box books ,2009

Jacob , Liza. Gorillas . Farmington hills. Black birch, 2003