Eastern Gorilla

When we talk about monkeys, we know that there are various kinds of them. Scientifically speaking, they all fall under the order known as Primates. Primates are further divided into two suborders known as Prosimians and Anthropoids. Capuchins are monkeys that belong to a superfamily called Ceboidea (New world monkeys), which falls under the suborder Anthropoids (Downing). Capuchins are usually brown or black in color, some of them with a white face, depending upon the species. Their weight can…

Abstract: Recent studies have given proof to the fact that great apes are able to incorporate information from a single event into their long term memories. Chimpanzees also possess spatial memory which allows them to remember locations of various resources to be used to their advantage. Although human being are considered to have superior cognitio to animal species, recent studies have concluded that many chimpanzees have a strong working memory with recollection skills superior to that of…

about where you come from, it’s about heart.” Although Tarzan grew up with gorillas, he constantly tried to acquire a sense of belonging to them. Kala, Tarzan’s ape mother, revealed that although visually, they appear notably different, internally, they have the same heart. Through this explanation, he could finally fathom that it did not matter what he looked like because his family would always love him. Tarzan and the gorillas may share tantamount hearts, but they additionally share countless…

International award-winner Carlos Espinal returns to the New York stages with his solo Peter El Rojo, The Gorilla. The play is a stage adaptation of the Franz Kafta’s story about an ape who learns to behave like a human and becomes an immigrant among them. After rave reviews and awards for its performances in New Jersey and the Dominican Republic, the New York premiere will take place at IATI Theater (East Village, NY), avant-garde Latin Company that for 48 years maintains a solid reputation…

troglodytes, the common chimp, a species of the great ape. There are four subspecies related to the Pan troglodytes: the West African Chimp (P. t. verus), the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimp (P. t. ellioti), the Central Chimp (P. t. troglodytes), and the Eastern Chimp (P. t. schweinfurthii). Here is the scientific classification of the Common Chimpanzee: the kingdom is Animalia, the Phylum Chordata, the Class Mammalia, the order Primates, the Suborder Haplorhini, the Family Hominidae, the Tribe Hominidae…

towards his fellow gorillas. Kerchak, “is aggressive and dominates the other beta makes, usually through force and intimidation” (Barber). His stature and status makes him fearful to the other gorillas which can be good because it shows that he is the alpha, however, it makes him very isolated. Turk, one of Tarzan’s gorilla friends, knows not to mess with Kerchak. Turk told Tarzan that, “if you want Kerchak to like you, stay away from him” (Tarzan). This goes to show that the gorillas are…

People once thought gorillas were violent, chimpanzees ate only plants, and orangutans were impossible to study. Three women showed otherwise. Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and BirutŽ Galdikas completely changed the entire study of apes. Their work also gave humans new ways to understand their own behavior. Jane Goodall is known for her work with chimpanzees. She went into the jungle after deciding it made most sense to study her subjects where they lived. For more than 50 years, she has made…

this was the most worshiped creature of the rain forest. In most stories you would hear of the mother that took care of the children, the mother who saved the kinds who risked her life but this was not an ordinary story. This was a story of a male gorilla that went too far to save the young from. Deep in the jungle there were many animals, there were ones of many shapes sizes and colors to. There were ones that hunted for meat ones that hunted for leaves, and ones that hunted in groups. The…

My interest in gorillas started when I took my first trip to the zoo. I remember staring at the gorilla and how large and intimidating it looked. When I got home, I was still so fascinated with gorillas and decided to do more research. Their physique and intimidating look always captured my attention. I took more trips to the zoo just to have an encounter with a living gorilla. As I grew up, my interest in gorillas expanded and I would associate myself with anything gorilla-related. The more…

interspecific comparisons have been made. Molecular studies indicate that humans, chimpanzees and bonobos are very closely related in a lineage that split into hominid and Pan lines approximately 6–7million years ago, possibly following a divergence from the gorilla lineage about 1–of 2 million years earlier. Chimpanzees have been characterized in terms of their intercommunity…