Female gorillas are pregnant for about 8 to 9.5 months and have about 3 babies in their lifetime. Female gorillas carefully nurture their young. They can grasp their mother's fur to ride on the mother's back at 4 months. Young gorillas stay with their mother for 3-4 years. Scientists estimate that there are roughly 50,000 gorillas left in the wild in Africa.
Mountain gorillas are on the verge of extinction.
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