Lifestyle of Mountain Gorillas of Bwindi

Tourists flock Uganda to see the world’s largest primates the famous gentle giants of Bwindi the mountain gorillas.They come to see experience and do do things that points to the theory that humans were apes some mi llion years ago. Very few animals spark the imagination of man as much as the gorillas do and people who have gone gorilla tracking will tell you that the first sighting of a gorilla is simply unforgettable. Mountain Gorillas play, fight, love and basically live more like humans. Play is vital to human development and our close relatives thrive on it, too. National Geographic presenters have observed that young gorillas, from three to six years old, remind human observers of children as they spend much of their day playing, climbing trees, summersaulting, chasing one another, and swingingfrom branches – think of a kindergarten. But when they grow, everything changes and life becomes a bit more competitive on different levels. Mountain gorillas have like human beings. They live a complex political structure and like most African families, more so A sharing homeland with gorillas. Mountain gorillas live in families and each family is headed by strongest male called Sliverback. They experirnce a coup is almost compulsory to unseat a reigning alpha male, often called a silverback because of the swath of silver hair that adorns his otherwise dark fur. Sliverback male head of family,As the leader, the silverback organises troop activities like eating, nesting in leaves, and moving about the group’s two-to-40-square-kilometre home range. His elder son is always his right-hand man and the next in line to the throne. “Those who challenge this silverback are apt to be cowed by impressive shows of physical power. He may stand upright, throw things, make aggressive charges, and pound his huge chest while barking out powerful hoots or unleashing a frightening roar,” says a Nat Geo Wild presenter. But mountain gorillas are non-territorial and the silverback generally defends his group rather than his territory.” After all, he could move his family somewhere else the next day. “But when two mountain gorilla groups meet, the two silverbacks can sometimes engage in a fight to the death, using their canines cause deep, gaping injuries during the fight . The winner normally steals a couple of females, if not all, from the loser’s group. But when they grow, everything changes and life becomes a bit more competitive on different levels. Mountain gorillas have a complex political structure and like most African leaders, more so A thriving business Gorilla tourism alone attrcts people in tours and travel, while Uganda’s tourism accounts for about 18 per centhose sharing homeland with gorillas, a coup is almost compulsory to unseat a reigning alpha male, often called a silverback because of the swath of silver hair that adorns his otherwise dark fur. “As the leader, the silverback organises troop activities like eating, nesting in leaves, and moving about the group’s two-to-40-square-kilometre home range. His elder son is always his right-hand man and the next in line to the throne. “Those who challenge this silverback are apt to be cowed by impressive shows of physical power. He may stand upright, throw things, make aggressive charges, and pound his huge chest while barking out powerful hoots or unleashing a frightening roar,” says a Nat Geo Wild presenter. “But mountain gorillas are non-territorial and the silverback generally defends his group rather than his territory.” After all, he could move his family somewhere else the next day. “But when two mountain gorilla groups meet, the two silverbacks can sometimes engage in a fight to the death, using their canines to cause deep, gaping injuries,” he says. The winner normally steals a couple of females, if not all, from the loser’s group.