Disney has a troop of lowland gorillas which can be observed from numerous viewpoints.
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| © Steven Liebman |
Species: Gorilla gorilla
Where to find at Animal Kingdom: Pangani Trail.
Where they live: Western lowland gorillas live in lowland tropical forests in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola and Nigeria. Eastern lowland gorillas live in tropical forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mountain gorillas are in mountain forests up to 11,000 feet in Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Height and weight: Males grow to between 5-foot 6-inches to 5-foot 9-inches in height and weigh from 300 to 400 pounds. Females grow to 5-foot 3-inches to 5-foot 6-inches and weigh between 150 and 250 pounds.
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| A lowland gorilla in the Animal Kingdom. © Steven Liebman |
What they eat: Mountain gorillas will mostly eat foliage. Eastern lowland gorillas eat leaves and fruit. Lowland gorillas east foliage, fruit and insects - they like ants.
Talkers: At least 25 vocalizations have been classified used for finding others in their group, for discipline, warning, alarm, content and event happiness
Where the word gorilla comes from: The name was derived from the Green - Gorillai, meaning "tribe of hairy women."
Status: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species classifies the western lowland gorilla as critically endangered and the eastern lowland and mountain as endangered.
Famous gorillas in Disney movies: Kala, the female gorilla in "Tarzan" raises Tarzan after losing her own child.
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