| Show Gorillas Live in Groups Have Fresh Bed Every Day According to an authority In the Los Angeles Times gorillas live in family groups Mothers take care of ot the young and it Is believed that mates remain together until separated separated sep sep- ep- ep by old age or death Gorillas Goril- Goril las laB as eat bamboo shoots wild celery and the buds of trees An hour before before before be be- fore sunset the family selects a n favorable favorable favorable fa fa- site In a bamboo shelter Each animal sits down pulls grass grassall grassall grassall all about it In a n circle then gathers twigs to fashion the walls of ot Its nest Maybe two mates Join together er and build a double bed A mother preparing a nest for tor h herself and baby bab builds a sort of ot bed and a half halt Sleep comes with darkness They are up with the sun and start breakfasting on bamboo bamboo bamboo bam bam- boo shoots Traveling slowly when tired they sit down and do nothing nothIng- but stare into space or possibly pick their teeth A mischievous youngster offends a mother she jumps at him and he rushes rushes a n tree and too far out on the branches for her to follow tollow If a bold individual offends the head of the family the old man man pounces upon the offender shriekIng shriek shriek- Ing fag and screaming others join Inand in fn inand and It becomes a n free for brawl The scrap ends as quickly ris fis It started the pack wanders on in search of ot wild celery celery celery-a a change from the bamboo diet Then as evening darkens darkens darkens' and cools bed- bed making begins anew for gorillas are always moving mo and never nc sleep twice in the same bed |
