mountain gorillas are one of the success stories in conservation having increased from 360 individuals in the early 2000s to 800today. Mountain gorillas live in family groups headed by one or more Silverback males, with several females and young. They mainly eat herbaceous vegetation such as nettles and thistles but will sample bamboo in excited groups when it is producing new shoots. Babies are born when a female reaches 9-12years and will be weaned at 3-4 years. Males are often pushed out of the group when they reach adult hood and develop the silver back at around 12 years, becoming lone males until they can take over a group of females when a group male is too old to defend it or dies.
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