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Gorillas are herbivores, eating fruits and leaves. Gorillas are found in rain forests in Africa.

**Current Status**

The Gorillas status id endangered. They are mostly endangered for three reasons. Firstly, infant gorilla was captured for zoos in the past, where the mother and often the other members of the family were killed as they defended the baby. Secondly Gorillas are hunted for meat and trophies in some parts of Africa, or for most of the cases gorillas are caught in the traps set for other animals. Thirdly, which is the most serious threat to free-living gorillas nowadays is the human population explosion.




 * History Timeline**

Dec 1847 - Wyman and Savage's paper, published in the Boston Journal of Natural History in december 1847, was the first full description of the creature that Wyman, mindful of Hanno's account, named Troglodytes gorilla.

Mar 31, 1966 - Zoo keepers In Pittsburgh and New York have recently been seeking a similar antidote for their caged gorillas. eluded that the only way to make caged life tolerable for a male gorilla was to provide a female gorilla.

Sep 5, 2007 - Rangers protecting the rare mountain gorillas in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's [|Virunga National Park] have been forced to evacuate their guard posts**...** Conservationists say they fear for the safety of the gorilla population.   

Gorillas mate year round. the female produces one offspring every fourth year. A young gorilla remains with its parents for three years after its birth.
 * Breeding

****Social Habits** Each family group live within a very small area. However, groups that occupy the same area coexist peacefully. One way gorillas reinforce bonds is by social grooming.

Gorilla is a herbivore. It eats plants and leaves. The food they eat and dew they get off leaves provides all the moisture it needs.
 * Diet**

  
 * Facts**
 * When a gorilla drinks, which is rarely, it soaks the back of its hand and suks the water from the fur.
 * As he matures, a male gorilla's skull develops a bony ridge which makes his head dome-shaped.
 * Social grooming can relax a gorilla to the point that it willgo into a trance.