1. The name gorilla name was named after by an explorer from ancient Carthage.

2. When translated it means hairy person.

3. Many tribes in Africa thought as them people.

4. They weigh about 340 pounds.

5. Gorillas usually knuckle walk.

1. Gorillas are found only in Africa.

2. The rare mountain gorilla is found in Rwanda, Zaire and Uganda.

3. The gorillas we see in zoos are western lowland gorillas.

4. Eastern lowland gorillas live in the tropical forests of central Africa.

1. Baby gorillas are very tiny when they are born.

2. They weigh only four pounds.

3. Adult gorillas tend to be slow-moving.

4. Baby gorillas are very active and like to have fun just like human children.

5. Young gorillas like to wrestle and tumble around a lot.

1. Gorillas get up early and spend most of their time eating.

2. Adult male gorillas can eat 40 pounds of food a day like shoots roots and weeds.

3. Everything a gorilla eats comes from plants.

4. Very rarely they eat birds eggs or an insect.

5. 99 percent of there food comes from over 100 types of plants.

1. Gorillas can tear up a banana tree to shreds to get the banana pit.

2. They stay inside a home where they get everything they need.

3. Gorillas strength can come in easy while searching for food.

4. Most of the time, the gorillas only need a small part of their strength to get food.

5. At a certain time of year, special foods may ripen outside the home range.

1. There are only a couple hundred mountain gorillas left.

2. The forests that they live in are being cut down.

3. Gorillas are very well protected against poachers.

4. The lowland gorillas may number over 40,000.