Eastern Gorilla

Eastern Gorillas are, according to the IUCN Red List, labeled critically endangered. Why did I choose the Eastern Gorilla? What are their major threats? What are people doing to help the gorillas? How can we help, and what are my ideas? I want to help the Eastern Gorillas, and stop their major threats, show what others are doing, and tell how we can help and my idea. Why did I choose the Eastern Gorilla? I chose this animal because I personally love gorillas. There are six great ape species, and four are critically endangered. There are two types of Eastern Gorillas that I am talking about, the Mountain Gorillas and the Grauer's Gorilla. Their population was around seventeen-thousand and now they are less than four thousand. If their…

What is a Silverback Gorilla? Silverback Gorillas are the mature, older, male gorillas in a troop. We see Silverback Gorillas in all subspecies. While it is possible for multiple Silverbacks to exist in one troop of gorillas, a troop will always be led by one alpha Silverback, as opposed to younger black-back male counterparts. The troop’s alpha Silverback leads the group. He decides where they will travel to find food, what they eat, and where they will make nests for the night. Physical…

the purpose of observing two primates, I made a visit to Los Angeles Zoo on a very sunny day, September 4, 2016 at 1pm. My visit to the zoo was a quite exhausting one since the weather was almost 90 degrees and I was quite hungry. Luckily, at the zoo they had water misters by a children’s playground that really helped out with the hot weather and they also had food stands. Although, the food was expensive I was satisfied with the burger I got for six dollars. Once I refreshed a little and wasn’t…

History of The Gorilla Ecological distribution The first person who coined the word "gorilla", was Hanno, the navigator of Carthage. Two and a half thousand years ago, Galleys Hanno, looked for places that were suitable for colonization and moved along the coast of West Africa (Ахматов, 2006). Here in Sierra-Leone, Carthaginians met strange creatures. Marvelous sailors passed the logbook down so there would be a record about these wonderful creatures and about their experience of their first…

that gorillas are strong and durable creatures that could withstand anything. While gorillas are certainly strong, their survival requires a delicate balance of a safe habitat and a healthy, natural diet. There are many different types of gorillas and each species requires different needs based on their region. In particular, many of the gorillas in Africa are dwindling in numbers due to threats upon their natural habitat. According to Endangered Species International, there are…

Writing Assignment #1: Gorilla Growing up, there was one movie that was constantly in the DVR. That movie was Tarzan. Watching it often as I came home from daycare, it was one of the few films my parents bought for my brothers and I to watch. I was fascinated by the idea of a man living with what I thought of at the time as monkeys. Much time has passed since then, and as I grew older, my perspective changed on what I once thought were noble beasts. After watching films like King Kong and…

Passage A Protectress of the Mountain Gorilla Doctor Dian Fossey is widely known for her study of mountain gorillas in East Africa. She was a specialist in the study of primates which are apes, monkeys, gorillas, and humans. She first saw gorillas on a trip to Eastern Africa. It was during this time that she met the influential scientist Louis Leakey who helped her launch her career. She held a different viewpoint of gorillas from that of most people at the time. She wanted to learn as much…

Primate Research John Richard Tecuautzin Primate Research The purpose of this project is to do research and to take note of the behavioral habits between two primate species. This project will major on the orangutan species and the gorilla species. In addition to the research, I will allocate each primate time to enable me monitor their behavior and habits. Gorillas and the orangutans live in the forests where they spend most of their time in the trees and eat wild fruits and plants as…

excessive when compared to other hominid species” (Richmond and Jungers). The most well-known skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis is labelled AL 288-1, better known as Lucy, named after The Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, 40 percent of her skeleton was dug up in 1974. At the time there was no name created yet for the type of primate that she was (Donald Johanson and Tim White would name the species officially in 1978). The discovery of Lucy’s remains are considered a huge…

hunting and harvesting of apes. Both live Apes and pieces of the dead are sent off to be sold to increasingly gluttonous buyers. Uses for these apes range from medicinal purposes to cuisine and even pets. These criminals primarily sell their products to Asian markets. Many Asian countries have relaxed laws regarding imports, which allows this unethical behavior to continue. In order to get around some regulations and slip through customs, the apes are put into crates and labeled as dogs. The…