A silverback gorilla is plainly a fully grown male gorilla. It is called a silverback because of the shiny color of the hairs on its back.The silver hairs begin to grow at around the age of fifteen (15) years and at this stage the male gorilla is ambitious, he might begin planning to either breakaway from his family in order to form a family of his own or he may fight with the aging leader of the family and then take over power.
A gorilla family can have more than one silverback and it is from these that a leader is chosen. The leader is normally called the Alpha Silverback.
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