Gorilla Friday Video Gallery
weekly videos about wild gorilla
Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experiences- Gorilla Friday Fact # 11
Like humans gorillas have unique fingerprints, and gorillas they also have unique noseprints. The noseprints are used to identify individuals from photographs by looking at the nostrils and the bridge of the nose.
Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experiences- Gorilla Friday Fact # 10
Gorilla tourism that isn’t well managed is a potential threat to gorilla survival, as it can impact the behaviour and health of mountain gorillas. Remember gorillas can die from human illnesses.
Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experiences- Gorilla Friday Fact # 9
In the wild, gorillas can live to be over 40 years old. Gorillas are classed as infants until they reach around three-and-a-half years old, and adults from around 8 years.
Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experiences- Gorilla Friday Fact # 8
Gorillas don’t just stay in their forests. They venture onto farmland to eat crops like maize and bananas, which can cause conflict with people who need to make a living.
Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experiences- Gorilla Friday Fact # 7
Most mountain gorillas live in stable family groups of around 10 individuals, with one dominant male (referred to as the ‘silverback’) and several females.
Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experiences- Gorilla Friday Fact # 6
Mountain gorillas are one of the biggest, most powerful living primates. An average male mountain gorilla can weigh 180kg (396 lbs) and are about 5 feet 5 inches tall (170cm).
Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experiences- Gorilla Friday Fact # 5
Humans share around 98% of our DNA with gorillas. But because they haven't developed immunities to human diseases, exposure to human illnesses – even a cold - can have potentially devastating impacts on them.
Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experiences- Gorilla Friday Fact # 4
Mountain gorillas got their name for a reason. They live high in the steep mountain forests of four different national parks in Africa in Uganda, Rwanda and Congo. Mountain gorillas live at elevations of up to 8,000 to 13,000 feet (2438 to 3962 meters).. That is the same height a skydiver would jump out of a plane.
Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experiences- Gorilla Friday Fact # 3
The main threat to mountain gorillas is the degradation of their habitat. As the region’s growing human population struggles to eke out a living, land is often converted for agriculture and competition for limited natural resources leads to deforestation.
Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experiences- Gorilla Friday Fact # 2
Mountain gorillas cozy up at night sleeping together in nests on the ground, or in trees. Nests that they make from foliage. Infants will share their mother’s nests, staying safe and warm.
Rwanda Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experiences- Gorilla Friday Fact # 1
Mountain gorillas can eat all day long. They spend about a quarter of their day eating mainly leaves and shoots, but have also been known to eat snails, ants and bark (a good source of sodium).