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Post by brobear on Feb 4, 2019 7:59:04 GMT -5
whatthingsweigh.com/how-much-does-a-gorilla-weigh/ Weights Of Different Gorillas: Western Lowland Gorilla – 150-500 pounds (68-227 kg) Cross River Gorilla – 220-440 pounds (100-200 kg) Mountain Gorilla – 300-485 pounds (136-220 kg) Eastern Lowland Gorilla – 225-550 pounds (102-249 kg)
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 24, 2019 21:35:45 GMT -5
THE LEYEND-SILVERBACK GORILLA
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 31, 2019 7:06:57 GMT -5
GORILLA SKULL
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 11, 2019 16:50:13 GMT -5
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 11, 2019 17:06:08 GMT -5
GORILLA STOPS TRAFFIC FOR TROOP TO CROSS.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Oct 3, 2019 1:15:42 GMT -5
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Post by King Kodiak on May 17, 2020 16:46:36 GMT -5
LARGEST GORILLA BELIEVED EVER TO BE CAPTURED AT THAT TIME. 6 FEET, 6 INCHES TALL, 482 LBS.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jun 2, 2020 20:02:07 GMT -5
Here i will post the most important things from the book "Gorillas in the mist" by Dian Fossey.
Group sizes vary from two to twenty animals, And average about 10 individuals. a typical group contains: one silverback, a sexually mature male over the age of fifteen years who is the group's undisputed leader and weights roughly 375 lbs or about twice the size of a female, one blackback, a sexually immature male between eight and thirteen years weighting some 253 lbs, three to four sexually mature females over eight years, each about 200 lbs, who are ordinarily bonded to the dominant silverback for life, and, lastly, from three to six immature members, those under eight years.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jun 2, 2020 20:39:08 GMT -5
Quote from above, This would be the average weight of the Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), this is the subspecies that Dian Fossey studied for 13 years. Notice that this subspecies is the second largest in weight after the Eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri)
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jun 2, 2020 22:52:55 GMT -5
This book seems to have some really good information. The size dimorphism between the male and female gorilla is also big.
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Post by brobear on Jun 3, 2020 2:33:06 GMT -5
This book seems to have some really good information. The size dimorphism between the male and female gorilla is also big. Size dimorphism between the sexes is usually brought on my a lot of physical contesting between the males. Naturally, the biggest strongest males normally win such contests, thus the big boys pass on their DNA. Also, we might find that the more aggressive males are winning these contests. An interesting fact I learned concerning the saber-toothed cats; they have very little to no size dimorphism. This leads me to consider that the saber-toothed cats may have been less aggressive that the pantherines.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jun 3, 2020 2:57:35 GMT -5
/\There is good size demoralise between tigers and lions but more so with the grizzly bears. The male grizzlies have a decent weight advantage over the lions yet the sows overlap in weight with the lionesses.
I guess the greater the sexual demorphism, the more aggressive?
Smaller raptors seem to be more aggressive than the larger ones surprisingly.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jun 20, 2020 18:08:17 GMT -5
DIAN FOSSEY WITNESSED GORILLAS HAVING ORAL SEX.
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Post by brobear on Jul 12, 2020 14:20:14 GMT -5
seaworld.org/animals/all-about/gorilla/characteristics/ The gorilla is the largest of all primates. Western lowland adult male gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) are about 1.7 m (66.9 in.) in body length and weigh about 169.5 kg (374 lbs.). Adult females are about 1.5 m (59.1 in.) in body length and weigh about 71.5 kg (158 lbs.). Adult male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) may weigh up to 220 kg (484 lbs.) and females weigh about 97.7 kg (215 lbs.). Cross River gorillas (Gorilla gorilla diehli) have been difficult to study due to their shy nature. However, it is estimated that an adult male weighs about 180 kg (396 lbs.). Eastern lowland gorillas (Gorilla berengei graueri) are slightly larger than the western species, with adult males weighing up to 220 kg (484 lbs.) and females weighing about 80 kg (176 lbs.).
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Post by King Kodiak on Jul 12, 2020 14:39:48 GMT -5
Thanks brobear, you helped alot by posting that chart that proves my points. Also, In Central Gabon (the chart study area), lives the Western lowland gorilla (gorilla gorilla gorilla),The males weight around 374 lbs and the females around 71 kg (158 lbs)
GABON IN RED. WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA (GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA)
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Post by brobear on Jul 12, 2020 14:58:29 GMT -5
Average Weight of Silverback Gorilla ( all species/subspecies ): Western lowland adult male gorillas - 169.5 kg (374 lbs.) Adult male mountain gorillas - 220 kg (484 lbs.) Cross River gorillas adult male - 180 kg (396 lbs.) Eastern lowland gorillas adult males 220 kg (484 lbs.) Average: 434.5 pounds ( 197.09 kg ) *According to our "Weight Collection" Average Panthera leo (species, extant, concluded out of the two present subspecies) - 371.3 pounds for males and 262.6 pounds for females.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jul 12, 2020 15:09:06 GMT -5
Brobear, those weights for the gorillas are actually the max weight for each of those subspecies, those are not the average. The site you got that from is just giving us an estimate of the normal max weight. The averages should be lower.
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Post by brobear on Jul 12, 2020 15:16:40 GMT -5
Brobear, those weights for the gorillas are actually the max weight for each of those subspecies, those are not the average. The site you got that from is just giving us an estimate of the normal max weight. The averages should be lower. Yeah, OK. We will have to find those averages. But I figure that the gorilla and the lion are very near weight-parity.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jul 12, 2020 15:23:03 GMT -5
Oh yeah definitely. Adult male Lions and Silverbacks are very similar weightwise (despite what one particular lion fan likes to say).
Anyways, the averages for each of the 4 subspecies of gorilla should be somewhere between 350 and 400 lbs. But as we can see, they do get pretty large at max weights. Of course, we already know for a fact that the largest subspecie is the Eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri).
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Post by theundertaker45 on Jul 13, 2020 3:31:58 GMT -5
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