Assertion: male gorilla | /r/Synonym | silverback
Facets:
value: because of the distinctive silvery fur
type: CAUSE
value: due to silver hair on their backs
type: CAUSE
value: for the silver hair
type: CAUSE
value: to show
type: PURPOSE
value: because of this
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: However, adult male gorillas are called “Silverbacks” because of the growth of silver hair on their backs and hips after the age of 12 years.
text: Mature male Western gorillas are known as 'silverbacks', and are named after silvery-white hair on their back, rump and thighs.
text: Adult male gorillas (silverbacks) will care for weaned orphaned young gorillas.
text: Because of this, adult male gorillas are called Silverbacks!
text: An adult male gorilla is called a silverback because of the distinctive silvery fur growing on their back and hips.
text: An adult male gorilla is called a silverback because of the distinctive silvery fur growing on their back and hips.
text: An adult male gorilla is called a silverback because of the distinctive silvery fur growing on their back and hips.
text: The mature male gorilla is called a ‘silverback’ because the hair on a males back turns from black to silvery grey as he matures.
text: Adult male gorillas are called "silverbacks" for the silver hair that grows on their backs
text: Older male gorillas are called silverbacks because they develop grayish white hair on their shoulders and backs as they age.
text: 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.
text: Male gorillas are called silverbacks simply to show the silver fur growing on their back.
text: Around age 14 male gorillas get white hair on their backs and are called "silverbacks.
text: They live in small groups, led by a male gorilla known as a ‘Silverback’.
text: Adult male gorillas are known as silverbacks due to the characteristic silver hair on their backs reaching to the hips.
text: Adult male gorillas are known as silverbacks due to the characteristic silver hair on their backs reaching to the hips.
text: Adult male gorillas are known as silverbacks due to the characteristic silver hair on their backs reaching to the hips.
text: At about 14 years old, the hair in the saddle of their back turns white and hence they are known as ‘silverbacks'.
text: Adult male gorillas known as ‘silverbacks’, due to silver hair on their backs, are generally larger than their female counterparts, and can weigh between 136 to 195 kg (300 to 430 lb) and be as tall as 4 ft 7 in to 5 ft 11 in (1.4 to 1.8 m).