Printouts Mountain gorillas are large, quiet, shy apes that live in a few isolated mountain forests in Africa. Only about 400 of these gorillas remain in the wild in eastern Zaire, Uganda and Rwanda. Loss of habitat, poaching, and local wars have brought these majestic primates to the verge of extinction. They walk using their front knuckles and their feet.
Males are much bigger than females.
Gorillas are mostly herbivores , eating mostly leaves and plant stems. Occasionally, gorillas eat termites and ants. An average adult male eats about 50 pounds of food a day. They rarely drink water.