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... gorilla may depend on his size to deter pred- ators . Whereas the chimp eats a relatively frugivorous diet , the gorilla has a large digestive tract and a diet of bulk vegetation . Gorillas spend much of their time placidly browsing ...
... gorilla may depend on his size to deter pred- ators . Whereas the chimp eats a relatively frugivorous diet , the gorilla has a large digestive tract and a diet of bulk vegetation . Gorillas spend much of their time placidly browsing ...
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... GORILLA ( Gorilla gorilla ) Physical description There are three forms of gorillas . The western lowland gorilla is found in West Africa from the Congo River to Nigeria . Separated from them by most of Central Equatorial Africa's ...
... GORILLA ( Gorilla gorilla ) Physical description There are three forms of gorillas . The western lowland gorilla is found in West Africa from the Congo River to Nigeria . Separated from them by most of Central Equatorial Africa's ...
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... gorilla range for a long - term study site . They chose Kabare meadow in Albert National Park , where the sculpture - naturalist Carl Akeley had earlier ( 1962 ) studied the mountain gorilla . Schaller ( 1963 ) began observing the ...
... gorilla range for a long - term study site . They chose Kabare meadow in Albert National Park , where the sculpture - naturalist Carl Akeley had earlier ( 1962 ) studied the mountain gorilla . Schaller ( 1963 ) began observing the ...
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