Amazing Lowland Gorillas

Jason

Habitat

• Live in tropical areas

• Also live in lowland rain forests

• Live where the temperature can go up to 90 degrees

• Central Africa

Daily Behaviors• Mostly spend their time

eating

• 99% of their diet are plants

Food and Water• Eat bamboo

• Love to eat black berries

• Eat snails and small insects

• Eat leaves and tree bark too

Family Structures• Both parents will take

care of their baby until it’s old enough to take care of its self

• Sometimes male gorillas choose to leave their troop

Interesting Facts• Male gorillas eat about forty

pounds a day

• Female gorillas only give birth to one baby at a time

• Male gorillas are stronger than six grown men together

Bibliography• Jingo- Conher Judith; Gorillas; 2006; Benchmark

Books; New York.

• Redmond Ian; Gorillas; 1995; Dorling Kinder Sling Limited.

• Liza Jacobs; Gorillas; 2003; Black Birch Press.