Learn about the strength of gorillas and their unique fears.
Mountain gorillas are incredibly strong animals, although the exact extent of their strength cannot be measured accurately. They do not frequently display their strength, making it challenging to measure accurately.
Nevertheless, gorillas possess very strong muscles, allowing them to rip car doors and snap tree limbs with minimal effort. They are capable of breaking a leopard’s spine or human ribs.
Mountain gorillas can showcase the strength of their hands by gripping tree branches firmly and swinging from tree to tree, despite their weight.
According to an experiment from 1924, it’s said that a gorilla can exert a force of about 450 kilograms, while a well-trained man can exert an average force of about 100 kilograms.
Gorillas have very strong hands because they often use both their hands and legs for walking, with their hands bearing most of the weight, similar to a human training in a gym daily.
Gorillas are so strong that they can easily break bamboo, which an average man cannot do easily. They also tear down banana trees to obtain fruits.
Gorillas possess very strong, enormous canine teeth. A gorilla’s bite can exert up to 1,300 pounds per square inch of pressure, stronger than that of a great white shark.
They typically use these teeth during fights. It’s also said that the grip strength of a Silverback can easily overpower a crocodile. Adult gorillas are 4-9 times stronger than the average man.
According to the Guinness World Records, a mountain gorilla can lift up to 815 kilograms of dead weight.
Though mountain gorillas are huge and powerful creatures, they also have their own fears.
For example, infant gorillas, which are fond of chasing anything that moves, will actively avoid chameleons and caterpillars. For unknown reasons, gorillas are afraid of caterpillars and chameleons.
Additionally, these great apes fear water and will not cross any stream unless there’s a log or a way to avoid getting wet.
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