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Dictionary » G » Gorilla GorillaGorilla (Science: zoology) a large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of west Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man. Origin: An african word; found in a greek translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a Carthaginian. ![]()
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Results from our forumRe: Bear vs Gorilla Stand-Off. Who would win?Very simply, the gorilla could strangulate the bear or damage it's spinal column by hyper-rotating it's cranium. Intellect is always important during life or death struggles like the one being proposed. Think about it... :)
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Codons are triplets, but what's a Singlet, Doublet, etc?... public) that compares/displays chromosomes, using a technique I called "digital banding". Here is the illustration for Orangutan, Gorilla, Chimp, Human Chromosome 2. https://sites.google.com/site/digitalchromosomebanding/home/RevComplimentTripletAbundancesForChr2OrangutanGorillaChimpHuman900Bands150kBasesBrightness20.png ...
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Bear vs Gorilla Stand-Off. Who would win?Can someone explain to me, how exactly should the gorilla take down the bear? And what instruments it uses that its intelligence would be so important for such combat?
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Bear vs Gorilla Stand-Off. Who would win?I would put my money on the gorilla especially if it had been smokin crack, I couldn't think of anything more dangerous :) seriously though, obviously there are a lot of factors to take into consideration. A polar bear would have a slight ...
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Bear vs Gorilla Stand-Off. Who would win?I'm not sure if gorilla that much more intelligent and more importantly it will not be probably that important in such combat. There used to be a TV show where they were doing such fights (of course not with real animals). Maybe they ...
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