Elmo, the Fort Worth Zoo’s 34-year-old male silverback gorilla, stormed out of a cave-like cutout into the view of the public as one of the employees narrowly avoided and fled to a nearby door.

According to Prime Safaris, an adult male silverback gorilla can weigh up to 450 pounds and lift up to 27 times their body weight, making them stronger than 20 adult humans combined.

According to Prime Safaris, an adult male silverback gorilla can weigh up to 450 pounds and lift up to 27 times their body weight, making them stronger than 20 adult humans combined.

An adult male silverback gorilla weighs between 300 and 500 pounds (136–227 kg) and is incredibly strong. Estimates suggest a gorilla is between 4 to 9 times stronger than a trained human male.

Although not explicitly stated, the gorilla is believed to be a male silverback, and the men would be unarmed. Many users appeared to disagree with the original tweet and made jokes on the platform.

New York’s Buffalo Zoo has announced the death of a male silverback western lowland gorilla named Koga. The primate died on Wednesday at the age of 36 due to a cardiac event.

New gorilla at Milwaukee County Zoo. The Milwaukee County Zoo has announced that male silverback gorilla Azizi, 20, can be seen with his new family unit in the Stearns Family Apes of Africa building.

The male silverback gorilla, while often mellow by nature, can be a ferocious beast. Weighing up to 440 pounds and measuring five to 10 times stronger than a human, he has fiercely strong arms and ...