How heavy are gorillas?

How heavy are gorillas?

Daniel Simmonds (Zookeeper) gives expert video advice on: How similar are gorillas to humans?; How heavy are gorillas?; How strong are gorillas? and more...

Gorilla weights vary. A fully grown male gorilla can weigh anything from about 165 kilos up to 225 kilos, so they can be enormous animals. Our silverback Bobby is 175 kilos. With the female gorillas again it's quite a large range. It can be anything from around 75 kilos with the maximum of up to about 120 kilos. So with the two female gorillas, Zaire is at the top end of the range as she's about 130 kilos, then Effie is at the other end of the range. She's a very svelte 83 kilos gorilla.