You'll Never Guess How Gorillas Climb Trees!

Gorillas often climb into fruiting trees but young ones can climb trees in order to play. While climbing trees gorillas grasp with all fours. The feet of gorillas and many other primates except. Of the two gorilla species and eastern gorillas, adults of the latter hardly climb into trees, owing to their heavy weight ranging from 100 to 220 kilograms. Besides their weight, few tree species.

This impressive speed is due to their powerful muscles and long arms, which allow them to pull themselves up. We are now going on a couple centuries of knowing gorillas in the wild, yet the idea that they might climb a tree, a really tall tree in the rainforest surprises most folks. On the other hand, i.