The Great EscApe at the Oklahoma City Zoo is a world class facilty and houses a major collection of great apes, i.e. gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans. This three and one half acre exhibit includes tropical rain forest, meadows, and streams. One population of about 320 ranges over the the Virunga mountains, which straddle the borders of all three countries. Since 1973, Working to protect gorillas and all living primates. The gorilla is the largest living primate, weighing up to 500 pounds.
Gorillas are one of the four apes.
Lowland Gorilla Skull - Bone Clones See what a skull of a lowland gorilla looks like. This page includes images and information about gorillas, including links to some Web sites focusing on these great apes. There are only about 620 mountain gorillas left in the world. The African Wildlife Foundation started the Mountain Gorilla Project in 1978. It is now the only conservation program working inside protected areas within the entire region in which mountain gorillas are found.