niama gorilla
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GORILLAS
Niama Mitchell
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HABITAT
central Africa upland mountain virunga Low eastern mountain in Congo Moist tropical forest Bowl shape nest Close to food and water
FOOD AND WATER
eats fruit likes berries, banana, grapes eats stalks, shoots, stem ,bark eats 45 pounds males more eat before dark
DAILY BEHAVIOR
sleeps 15 hour a day naps frequently during day make a new bowl shape bed sleep in the tree eats before dark swing on branches and vines love fighting and wresling
Home
FAMILY STRUCTURES
lives in herds meet other gorillas treat their kids love Female feed young Male in charge
INTERESTING FACTS
speck sign language to talk close human nose prints forced to live home gorillas indanger losing fingers or toes Elegal hunter to gorilla Male silver backs
BIBLIOGRAPHYHarriet Blackford. Gorillas story. New York: box books ,2009
Jacob , Liza. Gorillas . Farmington hills. Black birch, 2003