Gorillas are in trouble. There are only 880 left in the world. More than half the worlds remaining mountain gorillas live in The Congo Basin (Central Africa). Find out more about these amazing animals in this poster from Chicken Newspaper for Children.

1. More than half of the world’s mountain gorillas
live in the Virunga Mountains on the border of
Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and
Uganda. The rest live in the Bwindi Impenetrable
National Park in Uganda. There are only 880 left.
Gorilla in danger
There are two different gorilla species. The Western
and the Eastern Gorilla. Both live in central and
western Africa.
They live for 30 to 50 years. The males grow to 165-
175 cm tall, and females to around 140 cm
Gorillas eat a lot of leaves,
shoots, some fruit and some
grubs, caterpillars, snails,
termites and ants.
Female gorillas usually
have one baby every
four to six years. They
stay pregnant for nine
months like humans, but
their babies weigh less
than humans. However,
they develop roughly
twice as fast.
Gorillas can use tools, like
humans, like sticks to test
the depth of water and to
cross swampy areas.
Gorrillas’ biggest threats
are poaching, diseases
such as Ebola, and the
destruction of their forests.
Gorillas have a language.
They teach each their young
to survive, search for food
this way. They can also learn
basic human sign language
and show emotions