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The Panther · 04-19-2021, 04:50 PM

This was Munyinya prior to his illness and then death in 2020, you can see how large and mighty he was. A couple images already posted here individually.

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RIP to one of my favourite silverbacks in the park, I'm glad to know that his group is in good hands. The Hiwa group is now lead by a younger silverback called Uburanga, who was previously the second in command when Munyinya was still powerful but took over when Munyinya could no longer lead the group effectively.

The Panther · 04-26-2021, 12:23 PM

Old image of a Virunga silverback mountain gorilla in the fog.

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The Panther · 04-26-2021, 12:24 PM

Intimidating troop leader David.

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The Panther · 05-11-2021, 07:32 PM

The very large silverback Muhoza

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The Panther · 05-17-2021, 06:36 PM

Big old Guhonda, 50 years old in 2021.
Happy 5 decades big guy.

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Nightman · 05-26-2021, 08:31 PM

(05-11-2020, 03:50 PM)Shadow Wrote:
(02-22-2020, 09:41 PM)ragelion Wrote: Gorilla killing a leopard

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This picture is interesting because all reliable sources (people like Baumgartel, Schaller and some other people researching gorillas) have found out only cases in which leopards have killed gorillas and also several silverbacks. This picture looks like something in fictive books like Tarzan, which don´t need to be realistic. Gorillas are known to be afraid of leopards because leopard is only natural predator of gorilla in those areas where gorillas live. Only in one case it´s observed a fight between silverback gorilla and a leopard so, that both died to injuries. In all other known confrontations leopards killed gorillas.

But of course people can draw pictures in order to show how things would happen in their imagination, that is what artistic freedom is all about, I guess. But if someone would find a real case like this, that would be something new.

Not really, since the only record of a fight to the death between the two involved only the leopard dying. This is the account recorded by George Schaller btw. Regardless of blogs and books made in the 2000s, the gorilla was not recorded dying and nowhere in the original book does it say that.
From the 1976 reissue of the 1963 book

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The Panther · 06-07-2021, 02:30 PM

Silverback Ubumwe with his Amahoro group members. He's known for being a peaceful silverback, which unfortunately is said to have led to him losing many members of his group due to being so passive.

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The Panther · 06-07-2021, 02:57 PM

The large silverback son of Guhonda, I can't seem to find his name but I'm assuming it's Gihishamwotsi due to his likeness. He may have peacefully taken over the Sabyinyo group from his father due to abdication, but it doesn't seem very clear.

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Astroboy · 06-12-2021, 04:08 PM

Large sizes for the mountain gorilla species

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Astroboy · 06-13-2021, 08:46 PM

Some large sizes for western lowland gorillas

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Astroboy · 06-15-2021, 10:44 AM

Some pictures of the grauers gorilla(eastern lowland gorilla)

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Nightman · 06-15-2021, 07:55 PM

(06-07-2021, 02:30 PM)The Panther Wrote: Silverback Ubumwe with his Amahoro group members. He's known for being a peaceful silverback, which unfortunately is said to have led to him losing many members of his group due to being so passive.

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They cant be soft in their world.
Him in 2014 by David Bygott

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The Panther · 06-16-2021, 01:42 AM

The very large silverback Cantsbee, who lived to the age of 38.

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The Panther · 06-16-2021, 02:05 AM

Three large silverback brothers Musilikale, Icumbi and Turakomeje. Here's a rare image of mountain gorillas in the coldest parts of their range, the alpine tundra.

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This part of their range can have snowfall and freezing rain throughout the year, it's also quite foggy up there too. I've noticed that their fur look even thicker in these parts than they usually do in the forests, which you could probably tell by looking at these guys. So it shows how casually mountain gorillas can adapt to freezing conditions that's even colder than their usual forest home.

Nightman · 06-17-2021, 09:37 PM

Posted in another thread but here's an image showing differences in orangutan and gorilla tissue composition (they were dissected after death). Anatomical convergences in adult Gorilla and Pongo males, Zihlman, Underwood 2019

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