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"The Western Lowland Gorilla eats plants (including bamboo) and occasionally insects. Males eat up to 90000lbs a day."
This just can't be right! Unfortunately I don't have any information on this, but perhaps someone could insert the correct figure here? 83.142.6.166 ( talk) 16:41, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
I don't believe 200 lbs is correct either. I think it's closer to 30 kg, but I can't find a source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.100.136.217 ( talk) 05:13, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
LOL 45 TONS LOL 32ieww ( talk) 01:37, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
Wait. Just because that figure is crazy doesn't mean that it's wrong. 32ieww ( talk) 01:38, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
"Gorilla gorilla gorilla" - that is pretty amusing. :-D --Grey Knight 02:52, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
This article has only basic information about an existing great ape subspecies. − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 06:18, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
That's what I came here to say, only less formally. Seriously, it's the silverback fucking gorilla, people. It's an awesome kickass animal. Get working on a good article or I'll kill you all through the internets with my super powers.
western lowland gorillas live usually in tropical forest!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bookeysize ( talk • contribs) 22:39, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Is anyone watching this page? A couple of years ago I heard that they surveyed western gorillas and found that the number was surprisingly high. Now I googled for it: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080805-gorillas-congo.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/05/congo.gorillas/ anyone care to adjust the numbers? 201.231.150.119 ( talk) 06:05, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
It appears that current mean weight given for males (168kg), based on the 1983 Guinness Book of Records, is not a reliable estimate. A more recent textbook source (Mammals of Africa, 2009 edition, Elsevier; [1] source also excerpted here) gives a mean of 140kg for males and 90kg for females. This also better accords with the estimates from the same source for the Eastern lowland gorilla (160kg, 90kg) [1], which is supposed to be slightly heavier on average.
Accordingly, I have updated this estimate and the source. Please comment here. As we currently have a couple of brave edit-warriors strutting their stuff in the gorilla articles, I hope they will be able to curb their zeal for long enough to actually comment on the talk page before doing their usual thing ( 122.47.166.125, that means you in particular). -- Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 08:10, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
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Final warning to Qwer0909. Next removal without discussion at a talk page will result in a report. This hamfisted edit-warring is unacceptable. If you can't achieve consensus on your changes, you don't get to make them - simple as that. -- Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 16:14, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
As these span a number of articles: please discuss recent photo additions by SpaceMusk at User_talk:SpaceMusk#Photo additions. -- Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 17:48, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
38.73.253.217 ( talk) 17:21, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
Why are Western Lowland Gorillas critically endangered and not just endangered? They consist of 100,000 individuals in the wild. Yoshioka-Seijuro ( talk) 16:57, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
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"The Western Lowland Gorilla eats plants (including bamboo) and occasionally insects. Males eat up to 90000lbs a day."
This just can't be right! Unfortunately I don't have any information on this, but perhaps someone could insert the correct figure here? 83.142.6.166 ( talk) 16:41, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
I don't believe 200 lbs is correct either. I think it's closer to 30 kg, but I can't find a source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.100.136.217 ( talk) 05:13, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
LOL 45 TONS LOL 32ieww ( talk) 01:37, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
Wait. Just because that figure is crazy doesn't mean that it's wrong. 32ieww ( talk) 01:38, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
"Gorilla gorilla gorilla" - that is pretty amusing. :-D --Grey Knight 02:52, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
This article has only basic information about an existing great ape subspecies. − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 06:18, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
That's what I came here to say, only less formally. Seriously, it's the silverback fucking gorilla, people. It's an awesome kickass animal. Get working on a good article or I'll kill you all through the internets with my super powers.
western lowland gorillas live usually in tropical forest!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bookeysize ( talk • contribs) 22:39, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Is anyone watching this page? A couple of years ago I heard that they surveyed western gorillas and found that the number was surprisingly high. Now I googled for it: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080805-gorillas-congo.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/05/congo.gorillas/ anyone care to adjust the numbers? 201.231.150.119 ( talk) 06:05, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
It appears that current mean weight given for males (168kg), based on the 1983 Guinness Book of Records, is not a reliable estimate. A more recent textbook source (Mammals of Africa, 2009 edition, Elsevier; [1] source also excerpted here) gives a mean of 140kg for males and 90kg for females. This also better accords with the estimates from the same source for the Eastern lowland gorilla (160kg, 90kg) [1], which is supposed to be slightly heavier on average.
Accordingly, I have updated this estimate and the source. Please comment here. As we currently have a couple of brave edit-warriors strutting their stuff in the gorilla articles, I hope they will be able to curb their zeal for long enough to actually comment on the talk page before doing their usual thing ( 122.47.166.125, that means you in particular). -- Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 08:10, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
References
Final warning to Qwer0909. Next removal without discussion at a talk page will result in a report. This hamfisted edit-warring is unacceptable. If you can't achieve consensus on your changes, you don't get to make them - simple as that. -- Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 16:14, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
As these span a number of articles: please discuss recent photo additions by SpaceMusk at User_talk:SpaceMusk#Photo additions. -- Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 17:48, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
38.73.253.217 ( talk) 17:21, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
Why are Western Lowland Gorillas critically endangered and not just endangered? They consist of 100,000 individuals in the wild. Yoshioka-Seijuro ( talk) 16:57, 25 August 2022 (UTC)