The Great Apes

[The Panther]

(08-21-2019, 05:02 PM)Shadow Wrote: About #286 @The Panther . No need to apologize, I just asked to get clear about what we are talking about. 

Gorillas are very interesting and for sure there can be (and I would be surprised if not) some really big ones.

This is one interesting case too:
https://books.google.fi/books?id=8xswCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA549&lpg=PA549&dq=gorilla+ambam+cameroon&source=bl&ots=0b6FjRkOWa&sig=ACfU3U3B8ygfNhyX0HqIypHxihGW9PhSDg&hl=fi&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4wsHv0pPkAhXIJpoKHclWBZI4ChDoATADegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=gorilla%20ambam%20cameroon&f=false

In that is mentioned a gorilla, which was possibly "Great Gorilla of Ambam" mentioned by Merfield and Miller (1956) and shot on 22nd May 1926. It had been dead for 2 days before Merfield found the body already in an advanced state of decomposition. Weight 214 kg.

I think I've heard of that large Western gorilla before, it was shot in that very same region in Cameroon. I've always wanted to see a picture of that very male from Ambam, but I never thought his weight was actually verified afterwards. Thanks for that. Reply