The gorilla is the largest of the human-like apes. The gorilla has a thick, bony ridge over it s eyes, large canine teeth, small ears, and a short muscular neck. It has a broad chest, long arms, short legs, and broad hands and feet.
Males have a silvery back.
Gorillas are hairy all over, except on their face, chest, the palms of their hands, and the soles of their feet. The gorilla lives in central, east-central, and west Africa in Nigeria, Zaire, Rawanda, and Uganda. Mountain gorillas, a subspecies, live in the mountain forest and uplands, other gorillas live in the dense, lowland, rain forest. Wild gorillas are vegetarians, although captive gorillas will eat meat. Their favorite foods are bamboo shoots, wild celery, nettles, fruit, and many kinds of tree leaves.