The Great Apes

[The Panther]

(11-09-2019, 12:56 PM)johnny rex Wrote:

(11-08-2019, 03:02 PM)The Panther Wrote: Samson the gorilla. He's one of if not the heaviest gorilla on record, he weighed in at 652 lbs or 296 kg. He died at age 32 and lost a 146 lbs or about 66 kg before that.

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@Shadow @GuateGojira 
I wonder how the biggest eastern gorillas like Guhonda compare to him, because they're extremely large themselves. Although i do still think he was a good amount heavier, the real question is how much heavier? Because they do look similar in build, albeit less flabby compared to him.

This might be a good comparison 

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Guhonda. If the pic doesn't show up, then the link is here just in case, then zoom in once you're in.

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 http://www.igcp.org/wp-content/uploads/Gihishamwutsi.JPG

Here's another pic of Guhonda 

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So you can see a similar build despite how flabby Samson was. I do believe there could be only 46 kg (about 100 lbs) to 34 kg (75 lbs) difference between Samson and the biggest Eastern gorillas, with Guhonda probably being closer to the latter, because he does seem slightly bigger than the other really large males.

I'm not a big fan of estimations, but i do prefer estimations with comparisons.

Samson is a very obese captive Western silverback gorilla. I think Guhonda is a little bit heavier, because usually Eastern gorillas exceeded Western gorillas in body dimensions excluding weight. Although in general the Eastern gorillas are also heavier. I can't see the second last picture though.

The second last image is in the link near it. I did mention how flabby Samson was, so yeah, he was obese. Reply