What Do Gorillas Eat?

WHAT DO GORILLAS EAT

What Do Gorillas Eat? Gorillas re the largest living primates in the world that can be found in their natural habitat in east Africa and central Africa however the most common type of gorillas are the mountain gorillas an endangered species that can be found when you participate in gorilla trekking in Uganda in Mgahinga national park and Bwindi impenetrable national park which will give you the chance to spend an hour with the primate species observing their behavior in the world which is quite exciting, gorilla trekking in Rwanda is carried out in volcanoes national park the home to five of the  Virunga mountains that can also be hiked to access the Rwanda gorilla families and also watch a number of rewarding attractions like the twin lakes of Burera and Ruhondo , lake Kivu and many other amazing attractions. Mountain Gorilla trekking in democratic republic of Congo is carried out in Virunga national park, the oldest national park in the world that will ensure you have an amazing experience watching the endangered species as you learn more about their life in the wild. You can also get to see the eastern lowland gorillas that can be seen in kahuzi biega national park and many other national parks in Africa.

 Gorillas are quite fascinating species that you will enjoy visiting with the level of organization that they exhibit in their respective families, just like any human family that has a head, the head of a gorilla family is a silverback an adult male of the group who challenges a dominant male where the winner becomes the head and the loser is chased away from the gorilla family with a number of females in the group in order to start their own family among other interesting features of the gorillas in the wild.

Gorillas being the largest of the primate species in the world, it has raised a number of questions in relation to their size and among the most asked questions is the gorilla diet which makes them the largest and the tallest of the primate species. It should be noted that the gorillas are divided into two types that is the eastern gorillas which is subdivided into the mountain gorillas and the eastern lowland gorillas, another gorilla type is the western gorillas which is also subdivided into the western lowland gorillas and the western lowland gorillas which can be differentiated from, physical characteristics like their size, color of their fur, height among other physical attributes.

There are four different types of gorillas that are categories into groups the western and the eastern gorilla. These are characterized with different features, size, strength, physical appearance, diet, habitat among other characteristics. The eastern gorilla has two sub species that is; mountain gorilla, eastern low land gorillas, the western gorilla has two subspecies a swell including western low land gorilla cross river gorilla that you will enjoy understanding as you observe their interesting behavior in the wild.

The gorilla diet comprises of mainly vegetation where they can be seen eating a number of fruits which is highly preferred and in seasons where it is readily available, you can see the gorillas opting for fruit rather than other sources of food. Gorillas can also be seen eating a number of edible leaves, tree barks, stems, fruits, bamboo shoots for the mountain gorillas because they are found in the high elevation of mountains as compared to the lowland gorillas. It is believed that gorillas can eat up to eighteen kilo grams of food daily and in case there is food scarcity, they can travel up to 500 meters just to get food, western lowland gorillas can also be seen a number of invertebrates like centipedes, termites, millipedes, larvae as another source of food and even though gorillas eat a lot of food it is rare to see them drinking water because the food that they consume contains water and with this diet it has helped them to gain muscle and height whereby an adult male gorilla can weigh up to 440