Species: Gorilla

Use: General 

Authors: D. Schildkraut, Boston MetroParks Zoos

Methods: Frequency Recording

Publications/Presentations: N/A

Behaviors

Staring: Watching or looking at something.

Groom/body part

Slide on floor: Usually occurs when cage floor is wet.

Object manipulation in quiet play: Playing with objects while in a stationary position.

Object slapping: Beating or slapping on an object with hands or feet, and the object.

Bluff charges: Incomplete charges.

Charges with hitting: Usually hits the front glass or the side walls.

Sitting

Climbing

Running

Sleeping

Eating

R & R: Regurgitation and reingestion.

Coprophagy: Eating feces.

Chest beating

Facial threat

Threat vocalization

Threat stance