Gorillas are friendly except if you go on their territory, hurt their infants and offend them, mountain gorillas will become aggressive only when they feel disturbed and when they charge they react by vigorous bites, thumping, breaking ribs, dragging and if a person is not rescued a gorilla will kill.

Humans are the only primates who are normally biped, due to an extra curve in the spine which stabilizes the upright position, as well as shorter arms relative to the legs than is the case for the nonhuman great apes.

As seen in this video, a silverback gorilla named Ambam at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in the U.K. likes walking upright. “It’s not unusual for chimps and gorillas to stand up, but they don’t usually walk very far,” he told us.

A gorilla can lift something 2,000kg (as heavy as 30 humans), over 10 times their body weight.

Their genes, D.N.A as well as the bone structure is such that their bodies especially their arms get the type of power that enables them to survive the harsh conditions of the jungle. Numerous geneticists are still trying to find out the real reasons for their superhuman strength.

While some zoo specimens are known to eat meat, wild gorillas eat only plants and fruit, along with the odd insect—as far as scientists know (see video of wild gorillas feasting on figs). For example, gorillas are known to eat ants that scavenge the carcasses and bones of monkeys and other mammals.

Our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate wild grains sparingly, if at all. RELATED: 10 Celebs Who Swear By Yoga Pescatarians don’t eat meat, but they do eat fish. Gorillas are primarily Herbivores and occasionally snack on termites, ants, and termite larvae but gorillas DO NOT eat meat or the flesh of other animals.

Trudy was the oldest living western lowland gorilla in a zoo, and she was one of the last “wild caught” gorillas. At the age of 63, she has died in Arkansas. The Little Rock Zoo announced the death of its resident of over 31 years Thursday night.

The largest of the great apes, gorillas are stocky animals with broad chests and shoulders, large, human-like hands, and small eyes set into hairless faces. The two gorilla species live in equatorial Africa, separated by about 560 miles of Congo Basin forest.

This result matches well with the few tests that have been done, which suggest that when it comes to pulling and jumping, chimps are about 1.5 times as strong as humans relative to their body mass.