Gorillas That Can Walk Like a Human and Use Sign Language

Humans are considered part of the ape family that includes Bonobos, Chimpanzees, Gorillas, and Orangutans.  The differences between the other apes and humans include bipedal movement, less hair, larger brains, language or speech, and strength.  The human is bipedal and more intelligent, but the other apes are stronger than a human.  The Chimpanzee is said to have 5 times the strength of a man and the Gorilla has about 10 times the strength of a man (some even say the gorilla is 27 times stronger than a man). Also, monkeys have tails but apes do not have tails.  All apes except humans and gorillas are avid tree climbers according to some authorities (guess they never climbed trees when they were kids).

However, there are always exceptions to the rules and the following videos of a walking gorilla and a female gorilla named Koko using sign language clearly show this.  Please view the following youtube videos to see this:











by Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com)


Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_apes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space

http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/mountaingorilla