The Great Apes

[johnny rex]

(10-31-2019, 04:21 PM)The Panther Wrote:

(10-31-2019, 03:54 PM)johnny rex Wrote: Samson, a 652 pound captive Western lowland silverback gorilla. Look at his short face.





Here is a wild Western lowland silverback gorilla. Compare it to the captive Western lowland silverback gorilla such as Samson.

You also have to consider the fact he may be from a different Western population. The wild gorilla you showed seems like he's from a certain part of Cameroon, but he may descend from either an extinct Cameroon population or places like Gabon, maybe even Western DRC. There's a good chance he's not Nigerian though, but you never know.

The wild specimen is from Central African Republic if I'm not mistaken while Samson was from Cameroon before he was brought to the States. That means there are so many physical variations even among Western gorillas. Reply