Nutritional chemistry of foods eaten by Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to analyze foods eaten by gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), Uganda, to assess the amounts of fiber, protein, and sugar, and to determine whether condensed tannis and cyanide were present in these foods. It was observed that the Bwindi gorilla ate foods that contained 2-28% crude protein (CP), 21-88% neutral detergent fiber (NDF), 14-60% acid detergent fiber (ADF), and varying amounts of carbohydrates and moisture, while 35% of the foods analyzed contained condensed tannis.

Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing, Prepared Feeds, Other Animal Food Manufacturing, Prepared feeds, not elsewhere classified, Livestock Feeders, Food and nutrition, Animal feeding and feeds, Chemical properties

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Plant choice in the construction of night nests by gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Article Abstract:

The choice of plants in nest sites and individual night nests of a group of gorillas (Gorilla beringei) were investigated in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. It was found that the gorillas used 62 plant genera in their nests out of a possible 108 plant genera available in the immediate environment in which Pteridium spp. or Mimulopsis spp. were the dominant plants.

Nest building

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Tool use during display behavior in wild cross river gorillas

Article Abstract:

The observation from 3-year ecological study on Cross River gorillas at the Kagwene Mountain in Cameroon about three cases of tool use is reported. The observations were identified as a unique behavior in the gorillas learned through interactions with humans and as a response to particular local conditions.

Cameroon, Display behavior in animals, Animal display behavior, Tool use in animals, Animal tool use, Animal display behaviour

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