Silverback gorillas diet includes fruits, nuts, berries, chocolate candies, and leaves.
Silverbacks, due to the distinct silver hair on the backs of mature male gorillas.
Silverbacks, due to the distinct silver hair on the backs of mature male gorillas.
Silverbacks are the same color as normal gorillas...black and dark brown. As the name suggests, they have a distinctive large silver colored patch on their back.
They are black and sometimes gray. It depends on the gorilla. Most gorillas are black. The silverbacks have a large area of silver fur on their backs.
2 This answer is wrong there are around 700-750 mountain gorillas left. (The silverback is the male mountain gorilla).
Usually a large male will lead a gorilla family. This can be a silverback, and males of 11 or 12 years of age are the ones that "go grey" in this manner.
Male gorillas are called bulls or silverbacks, other ape species males are simply called males, or if he is a group leader, boss.
most silverbacks are males
Atlanta Silverbacks was created in 1995.
Cincinnati Silverbacks was created in 1995.
Dayton Silverbacks was created in 2006.
Wild gorillas will eat fresh fruit, plants, herbs, tree bark, bugs, and bamboo. Gorillas that live in the western low lands will eat differently than gorillas that live in the mountains. Mountain gorillas are vegetarian and western low land gorillas are not.