![]() Human hunters and leopards can also influence the movement patterns. Larger groups travel greater distances in order to obtain sufficient food. Populations feeding on high-energy foods that vary spatially and seasonally tend to have greater day ranges than those feeding on lower-quality but more consistently available foods. Gorillas normally travel Template:Convert/- Template:Convert/test/Aon per day. The group usually favours a certain area within the home range but seems to follow a seasonal pattern depending upon the availability of ripening fruits and, at some sites, localised large open clearings (swamps and "bais"). Gorillas do not display territorial behavior, and neighboring groups often overlap ranges. Western lowland gorilla groups travel within a home range averaging Template:Convert/- Template:Convert/test/Aon. Western lowland gorillas at a zoo in Japan ![]() According to the late John Aspinall, a silverback gorilla in his prime has the physical strength of 7–8 Olympic weight lifters but this claim is unverified.īehavior File:Westernlowlandgorilla-ueno2009.ogv Females stand Template:Convert/ft Template:Convert/test/A tall and weigh half as much as males. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the average male is Template:Convert/LoffAonDbSoff Template:Convert/test/Aon and stands upright at Template:Convert/cm Template:Convert/test/Aon. A male standing erect can be 5–6ft tall and weigh 300-600lb. The western lowland gorilla is the smallest subspecies of gorilla. Physical description File:Gorilla Male Global.jpg
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