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She hired some gorilla as her bodyguard.
the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to “convince” him to pay up
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Winston also raised two unrelated male gorillas, an unknown behavior for silverbacks.
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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
While most animals did not pass Gallup's test, some did, including dolphins, great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and bonobos), and magpies.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
The low-profile all-inclusive sits at around 7,500 feet of elevation, and puts guests within trekking distance of gorillas, monkeys, and other wildlife; visitors also have opportunities to connect with local people.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
James Fellows Yates of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and his colleagues analyzed DNA from bacteria preserved in Neandertal tartar and compared it with bacterial DNA from the teeth of modern chimps, gorillas, howler monkeys and modern humans.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
While most animals did not pass Gallup's test, some did, including dolphins, great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and bonobos), and magpies.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
The low-profile all-inclusive sits at around 7,500 feet of elevation, and puts guests within trekking distance of gorillas, monkeys, and other wildlife; visitors also have opportunities to connect with local people.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
James Fellows Yates of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and his colleagues analyzed DNA from bacteria preserved in Neandertal tartar and compared it with bacterial DNA from the teeth of modern chimps, gorillas, howler monkeys and modern humans.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
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“Gorilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gorilla. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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gorilla
noun
go·ril·la
gə-ˈril-ə 
: a typically black ape of equatorial Africa that is much larger but stands less erect than the related chimpanzee
Etymology
derived from Greek Gorillai, a name used by ancient explorers for what they thought was a tribe of hairy women in Africa
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