Engangered Statistics

The state of the Mountain Gorilla is critically endangered

The population of mountain gorillas has been growing at a low yet steady rate since the 1970s, though they are still very much endangered, numbering less than 900.

Not only are mountain gorillas threatened by loss of habitat due to human encroachment, they have also become victims of human violence. As civil war rages in Africa, efforts to conserve mountain gorilla populations have been curtailed. Mountain gorillas have also been killed or captured by poachers. Their body parts are sold to collectors, and baby gorillas are sold illegally as pets, research subjects, or private zoo animals

What You Can Do to Help

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General Info

The mountain gorilla, a large, strong ape inhabiting Africa’s volcanic slopes, has few natural predators.

“Mountain gorillas are as shy as they are strong. But when threatened, they can be aggressive. They beat their chests and let out angry grunts and roars.”

Mountain gorillas live in groups of up to 30. The group, or troop, is led by a single alpha male, an older silverback. These males are called silverbacks because of the silver stripe they develop on their backs when they mature

Side Info

Remember Tarzan? How he lived with Gorillas? Those were Mountain Gorillas. The leader of the group or like the dad was the Silverback. The whole story centered around the huge fight with the humans who were trying to kill the Gorillas. Well that Tarzan story is pretty accurate now. Those Humans were poachers. Just like today trying to get the gorillas. Blew your mind right?

Habitat

Their Habitat is a very simple one. A dense forest or mountain range with lots trees.

To protect them they now live in National Forests in the Virungas mountain region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda and Rwanda.

Food Chain Interactions

Gorillas are herbivores and eat leaves, shoots, vines and fruit.

To go further in depth on their eating habits, Gorilla Tours said, “Over 142 different plants, constitute gorilla food. For the shoots, the gorillas enjoy mainly the rainy season mountain bamboos when still green and tender. Because the bamboo shoots are 84% water the supplement of trocatea, young bamboo leaves, tsile’s leaves, stems, flowers and roots, celery’s stem without the tree bark, urela cameronesis leaves and stem bark and dry season black berries grown on high attitude provides a nutritious delicacy for mountain gorillas.” So that means they’re the first consumers.

Predators of Mountain Gorillas

The Mountain Gorilla is a very big and strong animal so it’s respectively in the top of its food chain but it does have few enemies

One of the enemies are the Leopards, these creatures are very dangerous and deadly to the survival of the Mountain Gorillas, but fortunately they’re the only natural threat.

The other very dangerous and on the high predator is YOU! That’s right, humans. Humans such as poachers hunt down and kill an entire family just so that they can get a baby gorilla for zoos. Sometimes they kill them so that they can have their heads, and hands as a trophy.

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