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How Heavy Is A Gorilla’s Brain – Find Out The Size of a Gorilla Brain

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Mountain gorillas have the lightest brain among all the apes (an average of 500g.) while humans maintain the heaviest (an average of 1250g).

The weight of their brain does not limit their level of intelligence. These Gorillas might not be able to imitate human intelligence like the chimpanzees do but they are cunning enough to know what’s good and not good for them.

They are calmer in nature than the chimpanzees and some humans, and they are one of the most curious primates.Gorillas laugh when they are excited and they also grieve when they are saddened like the other great apes do.Although the mountain gorillas cannot survive in captivity, some of West Africa’s lowland gorillas were introduced into captivity and their level of intelligence has been studied. One of the lowland gorillas in captive called Koko was able to learn sign language.

There have also been instances in Eastern Africa where mountain gorillas have outsmarted poachers. For example in July 2012 two juveniles and a blackback in Rwanda were observed destroying a trap which had been placed by poachers. This makes them one of the brainiest apes in the world today.

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