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[59] [61] However, while gorilla troops usually disband after the silverback dies, female eastern lowlands gorillas and their offspring have been recorded staying together until a new silverback transfers into the group. This likely serves as protection from leopards. [60] Silverback gorilla
The Umubano group consists of a dozen members, led by dominant Silverback gorilla Charles, several adult females, some juvenile gorillas, and at least one other infant. ... By ten years old, a ...
Ndakasi was born on 17 April 2007 in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the daughter of silverback Senkwekwe and Nyiransekuye. [1] Alongside her parents, three additional females and three other babies, Ndakasi made up the Kabirizi family. [2]
A full-grown male eastern gorilla typically weighs 140–205.5 kg (309–453 lb) and stands 1.7 m (5.6 ft) upright and a female typically weighs 90–100 kg (200–220 lb) and stands 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall. [9] [10] The tallest silverback recorded was a 1.95-metre (6.4 ft) individual shot in Alimbongo, northern Kivu in May 1938. [11]
DNA analysis shows he sired his first offspring, Kuryama, by the group's dominant female Papoose in 1985 – the youngest recorded siring by a gorilla. In 1991, now matured to a silverback, Titus began asserting his dominance over the other males in the troop and a year later, aged 18, he displaced Beetsme as the dominant male.
A study on the association of alpha males and females during the non-breeding season in wild Capuchin monkeys examined whether alpha males are the preferred mate for females and, secondly, whether female-alpha status and relationship to the alpha-male can be explained through the individual characteristics and or social network of the female. [4]
A silverback and child at Kahuzi-Biéga National Park. Eastern lowland gorillas are highly sociable and very peaceful, living in groups of two to over 30. A group usually consists of one silverback, several females and their offspring. Silverbacks are strong and each group has one dominant leader (see alpha male). These males protect their ...
Kerchak's character in the Disney animated movie Tarzan (1999) was changed substantially from his original role in the series and is voiced by Lance Henriksen.The film made the Mangani tribe a family group of gorillas, with Kerchak a silverback gorilla (mature male) head of the family and mate to Tarzan's adoptive mother, Kala.