Difference between gorilla and chimpanzee
Both Gorillas and Chimps can nest in trees, however, gorillas climb less due to their weight.
Chimps eat insects and meat from bushbabies and monkeys. They spend much of their day foraging and do not eat meat but eat termites at times. Gorillas eat mainly leaves, nettles, some roots, stems, and fruit in smaller quantities. Gorillas are mostly herbivorous whereas chimpanzees are frugivorous.Female gorillas could also leave if they feel unprotected by the male especially if the silverback is weak and cannot protect the family well. Both female chimps and gorillas leave the group to avoid inbreeding.The chimpanzee, group has many males and females while having multiple breeding partners. In a gorilla family, the silverback gorilla (who is an older male with silver hair on the back) is the head of the family and in most cases the only adult female in the group.She recently gave birth to a baby girl and can be visited on Uganda safari in just a day tour. The world’s most intelligent chimpanzee is known as Natasha found in the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda. Chimps have proportionately larger brains and are slightly more intelligent than gorillas on average.Chimpanzees have less sexual dimorphism than gorillas.Chimpanzees on the other hand have more slender hands and feet with larger thumbs. Gorillas have larger head crests, jaws, limbs, and thicker bones with less flexible feet and hands.Mountain Gorillas are known to use other parts of their hands for walking including using the backs of their hand and using their palms. Chimpanzees can also move quite efficiently in the trees where they do their eating, wild gorillas can climb trees too.