Mandatory credit: Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Mountain gorillas that live inlarge groups may have to limit the number of strong social relationships theyform.
According to a new study from the University of Exeter’s Centre forResearch in Animal Behaviour the perfect size group of gorillas is 20, andanything larger or smaller will see them left lacking socially.
The numbers ofsome groups can reach up to 65, moving and feeding together and nestingtogether at night.