Today I’m going to talk about mountain gorillas. these amazing animals could be found in central Africa. There are about a thousand mountain gorillas remaining on Earth. As their name hints, they live in the mountains at elivations between 8,000 and 13,000 feet.

Next, i'll tell you a little about their appearance. They are extremely powerful with broad shoulders and short torso. They walk on two arms and two legs. /ˈɪn.tres.tɪŋ.li

I will move on to talk about the diet of the mountain gorilla . They are herbivores . Interestingly, they spend about a quarter of their day eating , mainly plants . They eat fruit and flower . They also eat insects such as snails, ants…

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And it might interest you to know that at night mountain gorilla groups sleep together in nest on the ground or in trees .

Life for mountain gorillas isn't all peaceful. They are endangered, threatened by civil war in a small area of Africa where they live. Hunters kill them for food or trophies