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Close-up of male silverback's head at the Leipzig Zoo in Leipzig city, Germany Skull of a male subject. The western lowland gorilla is the smallest subspecies of gorilla but still has exceptional size and strength. This species of gorillas exhibits pronounced sexual dimorphism. They possess no tails and have jet black skin along with coarse ...
Silverback gorilla. The silverback is the centre of the troop's attention, making all the decisions, mediating conflicts, determining the movements of the group, leading the others to feeding sites, and taking responsibility for the safety and well-being of the troop.
A study conducted regarding the reproductive behavior of male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) found further evidence that dominant males are favored to father offspring, even when there is a greater number of males in a notably enlarged group size. The study also concluded that mating access dropped off less steeply with status ...
Consider a match between a ferocious grizzly and a terrifying Silverback gorilla! Silverback is a reference to adult male Mountain Gorillas that sport a silvery sheen on their backs. Grizzlies are ...
Azizi, a 20-year-old silverback male western lowland gorilla, arrived at the Milwaukee County Zoo in January 2024. Azizi's former home was the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, where he lived in a ...
Winston was the oldest gorilla in the San Diego park, and the second oldest in the United States. Ramses, a silverback that turned 53 this year, currently lives at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas.
Willie B. (c. 1957 – February 2, 2000) was a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Zoo of Atlanta for 39 years, from 1961 until his death on February 2, 2000. [1] He was named after the former mayor of Atlanta, William Berry Hartsfield. Willie B. was kept in isolation for 27 years with only a television and a tire swing to keep him company.
Titus (24 August 1974 – 14 September 2009) was a silverback mountain gorilla of the Virunga Mountains, observed by researchers almost continuously over his entire life. He was the subject of the 2008 PBS Nature/BBC Natural World documentary film Titus: The Gorilla King.