🌿 Gorilla Facts & Behavior
- 🏞️ Two main species: Western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) and eastern gorillas (Gorilla beringei), with several subspecies like the mountain gorilla.
- 👨👩👧👦 Family life: Troops usually have 5–30 members — one silverback male, several females, and their young.
- 🦍 Communication: They use over 20 different vocalizations, plus body language, chest-beating, and facial expressions.
- 💗 Gentle giants: Despite their size and power, gorillas are calm and shy unless they feel threatened.
- 🪵 Tool use: They’ve been seen using sticks to test water depth or leaves as napkins — showing impressive intelligence.
