joe grant - western lowland gorilla

                                 western lowland gorilla 

* they weight 450 lbs and 5 ft 9 in tall.

* they don't  run by themselves they run in a pack.

* family groups are usually 5 to 10 led by dominant male.

* they are herbivores and they eat plants, raisin, bananas, and dry cereal.

* these gorillas habitats are in tall trees and they only sleep at midnight.

* these animals live in central and western Africa.

Why they need protection? 

* people hunt for there babies 

* they kill them for revenge

* people sell them 

* people kill there babies 

* they reproduce slowly, producing only one baby at a time.

* habitat destruction is a problem.

* they are weak law enforcement to protect them.

* they catch human diseases. 

 

 How are they  protected?

* they have fences

* hunters go to jail

* people stop them from hunting 

* try to preserve their habitat 

* try to enforce laws

 

Gorillas Habitats

* forest 

* in tall trees 

* there forest temperature is around 23 ferinheight

 

 

they walk on there knuckles and sometime they walk on there two feet.

 

* Gorillas sleep 13 hours each night.

* they rest for several hours at midday

 * they sleep with there children and mother near a big tree