Western Lowland Gorilla
by Lynn Sprowl
Title
Western Lowland Gorilla
Artist
Lynn Sprowl
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Western Lowland Gorilla by Lynn Sprowl.
As a child (a very long time ago) my parents took me to the St. Louis Zoo....gosh it was so awesome. I remember it to this day. It was just as wonderful now as it was then.
Conservation Status=Critically endangered.
Western Lowland Gorilla is the subspecies at the St. Louis Zoo.
What’s one of the first things you notice about gorillas? Probably their great size. These are the largest living primates (a group that includes monkeys, apes, and humans). A fully-grown male gorilla weighs up to 400 pounds and measures about 5 ½ feet tall. Females are just a bit shorter (about five feet) but weigh considerably less (about 200 pounds).
The gorilla featured in the book and movie, Gorillas in the Mist, is a mountain gorilla.
These apes are aggressive only when fighting over females or protecting their family from predators and hunters.
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December 30th, 2020
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