A silverback gorilla is an adult male with a swathe of silver hair on its back
A silverback matures from a black back that is also a young male gorilla and it’s age of maturity is the age of 14 years old .
A typical silverback weighs about 430 pounds that is 195 kgs and stands 5 feet that is 1.5 m tall .
Silverbacks are remarkably very strong and are able to lift over 1763 pounds that is 800 kgs of dead weight roughly twice as much as a well trained weight lifter.
Additionally, a silverback is twice as strong as a mature female and takes 5-10 strong men to beat just one silverback clearly pointing out how strong a silverback is .
A silverback stands as the head of a group and in case of many silverbacks in the same group , there is always one male that dominates over all other gorillas except in rare occasions of a matriarch led troops .
Being famed for it’s aggression and traits like leadership and dominance, whooping , charging , chest beating , tree slapping and less commonly physical duels, a silverback vehemently preserves it’s family and controls all the affairs of the family including
Where the family feeds from . It is a silverbacks role to allocate food for the family members
Protect the family from danger . In case of an attack , a silverback is the acting force that fights against intruders
A silverback takes care of the infants in case the mother is dead nurturing it into growth
A silverback also plays a very important role in the circle of gorilla life as it is responsible for mating with and impregnating the females.
By and large , a silverback is an independent, strong and capable stronghold of the gorilla family .
