All About Gorillas Gorilla Quiz to Print-out Gorillas are large, quiet, gentle apes that live in Africa. Although gorillas are frequently portrayed as aggressive, dangerous killers, they are really shy, peaceful vegetarians. Because of massive loss of habitat, these majestic primates are in great danger of going extinct.
Gorillas have no tail.
Their feet have five toes, including an opposable big toe. Gorillas can grasp things with both their hands and their feet. SIZE Male gorillas are much larger than the females, and are almost twice as heavy. Adult male gorillas are called silverbacks because they have a saddle-shaped patch of silver hair on their backs after they are about 12 years of age. They forage for food in the forests during the day.