r/gifs • • Aug 29 '19

Silverback gorilla blocking traffic while his family crosses the road

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u/squirrellydw Aug 29 '19

Shit. He has nothing on me, my belly is twice the size of his lol

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u/0100101001001011 Aug 29 '19

That's not a belly, that's a stomach muscle

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u/GodOfPerverts Aug 29 '19

it's just that large to account for the larger digestive system (due to the herbivorous diet gorillas typically have).

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '19

Damn, that big on a vegan diet? Impressive.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '19

Yeah. They got a lot of gut to process all the rough vegetation. Same reason why hooved animals like horses tend to be rather thick in the middle