D'jeeco, a Silverback Gorilla in Taiwan rapidly breaks up a fight between his two mates, Iriki and Tayari(the aggressor), with an impressive tackle. Keeping the peace within the troop is important to a silverback as it is protecting them from external threats. 🤔
Silverback Western Lowland Gorilla Port Lympne 181219a by John Higgins
Via Flickr:
Western Lowland Gorilla Silverback Male. Today is World Gorilla Day. Incredible creatures that I highly doubt I will ever be lucky enough to see in the wild. They are very intimidating up close, awesome animals, especially the Silverbacks. They just look powerful.
Mutobo the Silverback Gorilla destroys a poacher's snare: life experience has taught some Gorillas to not simply avoid but destroy traps to prevent anybody else from getting hurt
Meet Uburanga (Handsome) the huge silverback head of the Hirwa (Lucky) family of 17 gorillas we spent time with. He was the only one who paid attention to our small group - the rest of the family played and ate and slept as if we weren't there - the infants being goofy and the females cuddling or grooming Uburanga. There were lots of fangs showing in play but one female was enraged because another female was seeking Handsome's attention - all in the family. It was a trek to see this family, made arduous because of mud from rain the day before. But our guides and porters helped us immensely through wet mud, very wet mud, and very deep wet mud on the climb to enjoy watching the Hirwa. We would love to do this again.