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What Does a Gorilla’s Busy Day Look Like? A Comprehensive Guide

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Although they are restful animals, gorillas do much more than that during the day. A gorilla’s day normally starts at 6:00am when they leave their nests as the sun comes out.

Sometimes this is also the same time for breaking the previous nights’ nest (since they will never sleep in the same nest for a second time).

Sometimes gorillas sleep-in for a time beyond their normal wakeup time especially during the cold weather. Once they are awake, they begin to look for what to eat, led by their alpha silverback.

When they find an ideal picnicking spot, gorillas being to eat as much as possible until around midday when they take naps. When they rise after napping, they resume eating until they are full and then rest in the later hours of the afternoon.

During the napping and resting periods, the gorillas engage in social activities like parental bonding and breeding, while the little ones play around, wrestling, chasing each other and somersaulting.

When it begins to get dark at around 6:00pm, the gorillas will begin to build nests for the night in which they will sleep and destroy in the morning at around 6:00am when the new day starts and the cycle of activities continues.

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