Baby Gorilla Facts | All you need to Know about Baby Gorillas

Baby gorillas are of great interest to conservationists and primate enthusiasts across the world because a baby gorilla birth is always exciting and a great testament of the conservation of gorillas across the world. Just like any other primate species baby gorillas have specific attributes and facts that differentiate them from other primates and make the baby gorillas unique. In this article we list facts about baby gorillas.

Facts about Baby Gorillas

Baby Gorillas grow much faster and develop quicker than human babies. They begin getting active, hopping and playing at around eight weeks and then crawling begins at nine weeks.
Baby Gorillas usually start to be curious about their environment at around 3 months of age, they then start to climb on their mother’s backs at around 7 months.
Gorilla infants are usually physically close and dependent on their mothers for about half a year from the time they are born.
Baby Gorillas begin feeding on some vegetation at about 2 and a half months of age.
Gorilla infants weigh about 1.4-1.8 kg at birth, this is less weight compared to human babies however baby gorillas mature faster than human babies.
Baby Gorillas are called infants and they learn by observation. Once they grow older they start to copy and imitate the behavior of the Adult Gorillas in their family.
Lastly Baby Gorillas are playful in nature.

A mother and Baby Gorilla Photographed by a tracker in Bwindi Forest (Courtesy Photo by Uganda Wildlife Authority)

Best Places to see Baby Gorillas

There are a number of areas where one can see baby gorillas but the best places to see baby gorillas in the wild include Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda. The baby gorillas are likely to be seen while on a gorilla trek in any of the mentioned national parks especially if you are lucky to track a gorilla family with Baby Gorillas. Gorilla Trekking is a worthwhile adventure that brings you face to face with the endangered primates.