\[ **BT: [[primates]]** ] --- # *Troglodytes gorilla* **Gorillas**. The largest living primates.[^1] ## social behaviour Gorillas live in troops; the leader is called a **silverback**.[^2] Silverback gorillas will gently take their own young into their nest for protection—but are also occasionally willing (in very rare cases) to snuff out someone else’s offspring.[^3] ## reproduction [[Gorillas wean their young at around 3–4 years of age.]][^4] [^1]: ‘Gorilla’, Wikipedia, last edited 19 March 2025, 07:20 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla. [^2]: ‘Gorilla’, Wikipedia, last edited 19 March 2025, 07:20 (UTC. [^3]: ‘How does a gorilla father treat his children?’, *Berggorilla & Regenwald Direkthilfe e.V.*, accessed 24 December 2024, https://www.berggorilla.org/en/gorillas/general/social-life/how-does-a-gorilla-father-treat-his-children/. [^4]: M. Papastavrou et al. ‘[[Papastavrou et al., ‘Breastfeeding in the Course of History’, 2015|Breastfeeding in the Course of History]]’, *Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatal Care*, vol. 2, no. 6 (2015), pp. 1–2, https://doi.org/10.15406/jpnc.2015.02.00096.