We live in family groups of five to forty and travel in those groups. We are not meat eating animals, with the exception of small insects. Well, a silverback gorilla weighs approximately three times as much as a human being. No mountain gorilla has ever survived in captivity for more than a few years.
Females conceive around eight to nine years of age.
The infants are weaned at about two years or until she gives birth again, which could be about three to four years. We are endangered because of poaching, loss of habitat, human disease, and war. No, we are known as the gentle giants. We have fingerprints just like humans. This in depth profile was done to gain insights into the life of a worm.