Jun 21, 2025
A Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in southeastern Gabon's rainforest
by Giovanni Mari
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A Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in southeastern Gabon's rainforest
by Giovanni Mari
Gorilla Gorilla
Disney Adventures, September 2004
Going through photo folders to find images for the references project, and I came upon a couple photos of the juvenile gorillas at Woodland Park I'd forgotten I'd taken. They've got two littles in this family group, close to the same age: Kitoko, a male, and Juna, his younger half-sister. I don't know them well enough to tell them apart so I can't ID these photos, but regardless, they were a lovely surprise to find in my files and I wanted to share.
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This episode of My Adventures With Superman really shows how much has changed. Until very recently it would have been unthinkable to show such a relationship on screen. Impossible. And, TBH, it is a little disappointing they did it via a Gorillka and Brain in a Jar. But I do think we need to step back and appriciate just how amazing is that we saw such a loving portrayal of a French/German Couple.
Favorite Great Ape?
Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis)
Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei)
Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Bonobo (Pan paniscus)
Modern Human (Homo sapiens)
James is for those people who don't really know how to make conversation and end up spitting random facts like someone's saying shit like they're scared of gorillas and we spit a hardass fact on 'em that the scientific name for a gorilla is 'gorilla gorilla' like hello?? No one asked??? 😭
In species that have a ranked form of social organization, for instance, homosexual activities are often found among the highest-ranking individuals (e.g., Gorillas, Bighorn Sheep, Takhi, Gray-capped Social Weavers).
"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl