The Great Apes

[The Panther]

(01-20-2020, 08:12 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(01-19-2020, 04:25 PM)Shadow Wrote: Here one photo with Guhonda side by side with a tourist. Giving some idea about his size even though he isn´t standing on hind legs. Still in this camera angle is good, not giving any "benefits" to the man or the gorilla. Photo is from 2015.

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http://canddadventures.blogspot.com/2015/03/

That is a good comparative image. The gorilla is big but in this form I don't think that this specimen weighed more than 250 kg, probably even less. Gorillas are masive but those big bellies are full of gas and I remember years ago a gorilla expert saying that if the gorilla stop eating, or if eat less, the belly just dissapear.


It remaind me the record specimen:

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I've not found proof that their bellies are full of gas like you say, but they do get a lot of intestinal gas like Shadow mentioned, I just don't think it inflates them that much. As far as I'm concerned the biggest Eastern gorillas like Guhonda are still significantly heavier than 190 kg captive male Shabani.
190 kg Shabani

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Guhonda

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So unless there's proof that these males are so full of gas to the point it inflates them this much, then there really is no denying the obvious size difference here, and we shouldn't discard potential weights beyond 250kg either. It makes a lot of sense for an old mountain gorilla to be built like this, after all, silverback mountain gorillas can live relatively sedentary lives for 20 to 30 years and only travel short distances when they eventually move. They also consume huge quantities of vegetation daily within that time, which should mean they would gain considerable amounts of weight by the time they reach their twilight years. So we just don't know to what extent extra gas adds to their size, but if it adds anything noticeable, then Shadow's version of it makes the most sense when you include obesity. Reply