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The Great Apes

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Large dominant silverback mountain gorilla defends a young blackback (teenage male) after a younger silverback attacks him. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda.



I've noticed when gorillas fight eachother it's very similar to how bears fight, they have a similar grappling and biting style, they also have a similar kind of intensity about them when they fight.
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Silverback mountain gorilla sends tourists flying after a charge. Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.



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Silverback Western lowland gorilla high up in the trees. Lope National Park, Gabon. Such a distinctive and awesome face he has, very expressive.

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Beautiful and striking silverback in Lope National Park, Gabon.

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Huge Eastern lowland silverback hanging high up on the trees, kahuzi Biega National Park, DRC.

Gorillas don't stop climbing no matter how big they get, it's intriguing and almost scary how flexible and agile they are despite their appearance.

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Young silverback Pungwe with a striking and yet intimidating stare towards the people. Kahuzi Biega National, DRC.

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Western lowland silverback Kingo and his group. Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo.

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Lowland gorillas including Eastern appear to have longer arms than Mountain gorillas, so they're going to be taller than mountain gorillas due to this. Mountain gorillas still appear to be much larger than Western lowland gorillas despite being shorter, only rivaled by Eastern lowland gorillas in general size.
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Great shot with a silverback Western lowland gorilla, a forest elephant and an antelope. Ivindo National Park, Gabon.

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Researcher with a mountain gorilla group as well as mountain buffalo in the background. Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

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Captive silverback does a powerful roar.



This is by far one of the most impressive roars I've heard from any animal, so primal.
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A very large captive Western lowland gorilla next to a trainer. Look at the size of his head and hands, that's quite a scary sight especially when compared to a person. 



He's much larger than the typical Western lowland gorilla but looks about the same size as a large mountain/Eastern lowland gorilla or Eastern gorillas for short. This big guy is said to weigh 500 lbs, so he's a very impressive male by Western lowland gorilla standards, because even captive Westerns still usually appear smaller than wild Eastern gorillas.
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Here's a clip of a captive hairless chimpanzee named Jambo. This is a good example of just how heavily muscled they are.



He lost one of his ears from the constant fighting. The injury was so bad that his ear was partly ripped, so he apparently kept pulling on it until it was completely gone.
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Stunning shot of young mountain gorillas, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. They're by far the fluffiest apes you've ever seen.
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Nice image of a lone Western lowland silverback in Ivindo National Park, Gabon.

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Cinder the hairless female chimpanzee at the St Louis Zoo.
Look at the size of her arms.

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