factoids from Paw Prints

Gorillas

  • To show anger, a gorilla curls its fingers.
  • A gorilla's normal body temperature is 98 to 99 degrees F.
  • Gorillas snore. By the way, a gorilla in the wild never sleeps twice in the same place.
  • Gorillas naturally seem to know to take care of their offspring in the wild, but have to be trained to do so in zoos.
  • A grown gorilla can easily bench press about 400 pounds. (Am told that a reasonably fit man can bench press 150-200 pounds.)
  • It has been said that gorillas can't swim. But they can; they just don't like to.
  • Only primates can rotate their forearms. It's also true that only primates have three bones in every finger that's not a thumb.
  • If a gorilla gets the measles, it can die from them.

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