Saturday, January 29, 2011

Bipedal Gorilla. Evolution, in your face.

Gorilla Fight!!!!
Speaking of orangutans, I've got a really, really crazy video for you today. People on YouTube are claiming it's fake! Ironic, considering the whole theory of evolution and all. Despite the fact that evolution is pretty much widely accepted these days and has even been worked into some religious teachings, this is still a jawdropper.

And sorry to be misleading with my opener, but it's a gorilla. A silverback gorilla. Not an organutan. Had to work in a previous and somewhat related post.


Ambam the gorilla lives in Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent, England. Oh, and this isn't the first time a gorilla walked upright. Plenty of them do it. This video just happened to go viral. In this zoo alone, walking upright seems a family affair.

"Ambam's father Bitam used to display the same behavior if he had handfuls of food to carry," animal keeper Phil Ridges said. "Ambam also has a full sister, Tamba, and a half sister ... who also sometimes stand and walk in the same way... We think he might use it to get a height advantage to look over the wall when keepers come to feed him. Ambam can also carry a lot more food if he stands and uses both hands, and walking on two feet also means he doesn't get his hands wet when it's raining."

Twenty-one year old Ambam is 485 pounds. Imposing, yes?

Enjoy!

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