The gorillas were gnawing on the bark early in the morning, causing some tourists to be curious and mistakenly think that they were hungry enough to gnaw on the bark.

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[Reporter Cai Yahua/Taipei Report] Many tourists have seen the scene of gorillas eating tree bark in Taipei Zoo. Herbivorous animals will eat a lot of plants in the wild. The main food is leaves, fruits and roots, of which leaves account for the main part, and sometimes even eat insects on plants.

The zoo pointed out that gorillas are the largest primates, and they are herbivorous animals like giant elephants, rhinos, and hippos.

There are all kinds of plants in the wild, and the zoo will try its best to enrich the recipes, including mountain jute, banyan and bamboo, with a small amount of roots and fruits and vegetables.

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Therefore, for the first meal at 9:30 every morning, they collect their own food, find an undisturbed seat, and happily eat the bark first and then the leaves.

The zoo said that due to the low nutrition of the plants, the gorillas were eating most of the time, and the fermentation of large amounts of plant food produced gas, which made their bellies look bulging.

The zoo said that the first meal of the gorillas in the park is usually mountain jute. The gorillas skillfully pulled out the branches, gathered the leaves in the other palm, and then dropped the leaves and gnawed the branches.

Diego, Iriki, and Tayari each gnawed on the bark. They are lovers of bark. When Iriki and Tayari first arrived at the zoo, they almost peeled the banyan tree in the playground, and the zoo had to quickly start the tree protection task.

Tourists often feel wronged by the gorilla who is eating the bark. Some tourists also mistakenly think that the two baby gorillas will be hungry if they can’t get food. The caretaker said that although the baby gorillas are not as fast as the adults, the food they should eat There are no shortages, and they have not been weaned until now. According to data, gorilla babies will not be weaned until they are about 5 years old.

Orangutans are lovers of bark.

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Western lowland gorillas eat a lot of plants in the wild, their main diet is leaves, fruits and roots.

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Baby gorillas are not weaned until they are about 5 years old.

(Provided by Taipei Zoo)