Are mountain Gorillas dangerous
Mountain Gorillas are gentle Giants with broad chests , tiny eyes , large arms and legs which make them generally stocky.
Mountain Gorillas have more black and thicker fur as compared to the rest of gorilla specie making them highly adaptive to their natural environment.
They are natural herbivores feeding on mainly fruits, leaves of trees bamboos and also include insects in their diet.
Mountain Gorillas share a 98.3% genetic component with humans no wonder they share some human traits like being emotional in a sense that they cry , laugh and mourn their loved ones.
Gorillas also stay in families or groups ranging from about 5-40 individuals.
Gorillas are groomed friendly and family oriented individuals which should not be a threat or danger to humans when carefully handled however , gorilla friendliness reaches a limit in case the gorillas sense danger or get insecure .
They display aggression and engage in displays such as
Stamping their feet thunderously
Chest beating
Grunting
Roaring
Hooting
Moving their hind legs.
Gorillas send signals of aggression to alert their supposedly enemy to back off before they can attack
Therefore , it is only during a gorilla attack that a gorilla actually gets dangerous as it engages in activities such as
Vicious bites
Scratching
Rib cracking
Whipping
Dragging
Gorillas also get very dangerous during a predator or challenger attack and at this point a gorilla ruthlessly step up in fight to defend itself or it’s territory and it’s a matter of injury , life or death from either sides
A gorilla is also dangerous when it charges as it can eventually kill human victims in the process .
Gorillas can also be dangerous to themselves especially when fighting for dominance . In this case the silverback and it’s challenger fight to a point of submission , death or exit from the group .
A silverback gorilla is also dangerous when a blackback or another silverback is trying to take away other members from his group . In this case the gorillas fiercely fights to cease his members back .
Silverback is also dangerous when other males are trying to mate with other females in the group since mating with the females in the group is strictly a privilege of the dominant silverback and therefore other males are not allowed to.
Therefore, in reverence to the above, mountain Gorillas are not exactly dangerous unless under attack from enemies or other groups, and predators or insecurity.
