While some zoo specimens are known to eat meat, wild gorillas eat only plants and fruit, along with the odd insect—as far as scientists know (see video of wild gorillas feasting on figs).

Meat-eating is not only dangerous ... allowing them to munch on lichen and bark. Gorillas are another primate that shows zero interest in the hunting lifestyle. “Undoubtedly, they eat insects on the ...

Searching for meat is costly, requiring more long-distance walking—and, in turn, more energy—than eating grass or fruit. Moving on two legs is more energy efficient than chimp- or gorilla ...

The key difference between chimps and gorillas ecologically is that chimps eat meat and gorillas don't. A total herbivore is able to coexist with an omnivore because they have significantly ...

The Cincinnati Zoo’s shooting of Harambe the gorilla appears to have been tragic ... the death of 30 land animals and 28 chickens by eating meat. And these animals aren’t just killed; they ...

Last weekend at the Cincinnati Zoo, a child got curious and a gorilla got shot ... Harambe, a Silverback, didn’t eat those animals. We don’t need to either, and it is now widely accepted ...

Vegetarian animals ranging from gorillas to water deer ... Responsible Medicine even notes that when people switch from meat-eating to plant-eating, their intake of vitamins and other nutrients ...