• The Mountain Gorilla is mostly terrestrial and quadrupedal. It will however climb into fruiting trees if the branches can hold its weight. They can even run bipedal for up to 6 metres. The species walks by knuckle-walking by supporting its weight on the backs of its curved fingers
• The species is most active during the day between 6am to 6pm. Most of the time is spent eatings as the species needs very large quantities of food to maintain its size. 
• A typical day consists of foraging in the early morning, resting during the late morning and around midday, with the afternoon being more foraging before resting at night. 
• Each animal builds a nest from the surrounding vegetation to sleep. This is done every night and the infants sleep with their mothers. The animals will sleep in on cold and overcast days! 
• The species is very social and live in groups which are founded on long term bonds between males and females
• The silverbacks defend the group instead of territory. The dominant silverback has a tenure of around 4.7 years. 
• Group sizes range from 5 to 30, but with an average of 10. A typical group contains the dominant silverback which is the undisputed leader, a subordinate silverback which is often a younger brother or son, one or two blackbacks which act as snetries for the group, three or four sexually mature females, bonded for life to the dominant silverback and three to six young and infants. The young will eventually leave the group, but it is a slow process often taking around 11 years for males and 8 years for females. Males slowly edging out of the group and leaving. They may travel alone or with an all-male group for 2–5 years before they can attract females to join them and form a new group, while females often transfer directly to a new group or begin one with a male. They often transfer multiple times before settling with a single silverback.

• The dominant silverback will determine the movements of the group, as well as protects the group from humans, leopards and other gorilla attacks, even at the cost of its own life. Experienced silverbacks are even known to be able to remove poacher snares from the hands and feet of other gorillas
• When a silverback dies, the group may be disrupted if there is no accepted male descendant able to take over the position. The group will either split or adopt an unrelated male as the silverback. It is known that a new silverback may kill the infants of the deceased silverback although this is rare
• The species is strong and powerful, but are however gentle and incredibly shy. Fights to the death can occur between opposing silverback gorillas, however most conflicts are resolved by displays of intimidation. The charge display as it is known has 9 steps: 

(1) progressively quickening hooting, (2) symbolic feeding, (3) rising bipedally, (4) throwing vegetation, (5) chest-beating with cupped hands, (6) one leg kick, (7) sideways running four-legged, (8) slapping and tearing vegetation, and (9) thumping the ground with palms . 

• The midday rest period is a time used to establish relationships in the group as well as grooming and reinforcing social bonds. The young will often play in this period, with activities such as wrestling, chasing and somersaults

• The group has 25 different vocals which are recognised and used to communicate in dense jungle, including grunts, and barks when travelling. The vocals are also used for discipline, alarms and warnings by the silverback 
• Silverbacks have strange fears of chameleons and caterpillars. They are also afraid of water in rivers and rain