The Great Apes

[The Panther]

(09-30-2019, 11:32 PM)GuateGojira Wrote: Check these two pages:

Says 220 kg:
https://www.volcanoesparkrwanda.org/info...la-family/

Says about 225 kg:
https://uganda365.com/uganda-mountain-gorillas-facts/


I think that maybe that figure was just an estimation. Again, if you can check with the facebook webpage will be perfect, just to make sure. For the moment, and based in the pictures, a figure of 220 kg for that male is not out of question.

I don't want to drag this too long but i've been thinking about this for quite some time now. Personally I now believe old males like Guhonda could very well be bigger than 220 kg, these males also seem to rival big obese captive gorillas in size, which is pretty interesting. As far as I'm concerned the 220 kg weight for Guhonda was likely just an estimate, because there seems to be no evidence of him ever being weighed, I also doubt they even attempt to sedate and weigh dominant silverbacks due to their groups, it's mainly only lone silverbacks that get sedated by the looks of it.

One other thing I need to mention, is certain males have also been given similar to larger estimations, even though Guhonda is considered the largest. I remember reading somewhere that the dead silverback Senkwekwe was said to weigh 250 kg, it also mentions it here but I don't remember reading this one.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4WTKrTEZmPQC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=senkwekwe+250+kg&source=bl&ots=DywWPgJiJC&sig=ACfU3U02ZYx2mBP8z62a-xRqEf-wuvgsKw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikqKCEzfrkAhXRolwKHVvyDsAQ6AEwBHoECAkQAQ#v=twopage&q=senkwekwe%20250%20kg&f=false

Here's another male with the same weight, but it is most likely just an estimate
https://www.catersnews.com/stories/animals/go-ape-unlucky-photographer-gets-punched-by-lairy-gorilla-drunk-from-eating-bamboo-shoots/

They even estimated a much younger Guhonda to be 500 lbs at 31year old
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/04/07/guhonda-of-the-jungle/eae22380-e7a5-4dca-a77e-a0e2bf24c58c/


Chimanuka and Grauer's gorillas in general have also been given that same 250 kg estimation, which is interesting how they come up with that. Anyway, Senkwekwe is the only one with potential it seems, seeing as he was dead when they said it, so that would've given them the perfect opportunity to weigh him at the time. Senkwekwe like a few of the current old males was a very large silverback, him and Guhonda do seem very similar in size too.
Here's Senkwekwe and Guhonda 

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Guhonda 

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So if Senkwekwe was 250 kg (likely still an estimate), then wouldn't Guhonda weigh around that if it was the case? Because they do look very similar in size. I hope I'm not dragging this too much, I just wanted to give out more of my thoughts on this. And don't worry, I don't think they're 300 or 400 kg or anything, I just think they're likely more than 220 kg. Now, if they have weighed him and it's been proven he's just 220 kg, then I would accept it without hesitation.

Sorry for going on about this, I just wish there was more evidence for all of this, maybe then this would've been settled by now. Reply