gorillas
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Zoo
GRACE gorillasd
Type of aviary
Imitation of the natural environment
Habitat
Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Uganda and Rwanda
Type of food
Bamboo shoots and fruits, termites and ants.
Population in the world
600
About species
The eastern gorilla has become increasingly endangered since the 1990s, and the species was listed as critically endangered in September 2016 as its population continued to decrease.
Interesting facts
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The eastern gorilla is a critically endangered species of the genus Gorilla and the largest living primate.
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Gorillas tend to have larger group sizes than their western relatives, numbering up to 35 individuals.
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The gorillas can choose where to sleep and they often choose to bed down inside their night building, but they sometimes sleep outside too.
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Female pandas give birth to one or two cubs every two years. Cubs stay with their mothers for 18 months before venturing off on their own.
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Because they eat so much fibrous vegetation, gorillas spend a lot of time resting and digesting.
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Primary threats to the eastern gorilla include habitat destruction for residential, commercial, and agricultural purposes, habitat fragmentation caused by transportation corridors and resource extraction, as well as disease.
