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Gorillas

    Where do gorillas live?

              Gorillas  live in lots of different places. Like mountain gorillas in habit mountain clouds,their forest can go up to 3000m where the tempetures can be freezing at night. Eastern lower gorillas live in the lower altitudes up to 2,255, weastern gorillas live in the tropical rainforest.

   Why are they endangered?

   The gorillas are endangered because of there habitat. their habitat is lost for them because of an deadly illness is going around for the gorillas. it has threatned their lives and illegal hunting has taken place.  now scientist believe that gorillas are at a great extinction, but the western lowland animals are in more trouble.

    Whats there population? 

The population of gorillas is going down by 60% and this was over the last few decades.

   How long is there life span?

   A gorillas lifespan is about 50 years so they have a long time to live.