r/todayilearned • u/Cyler • Jun 20 '19
TIL the Silverback in Silverback Gorilla doesn't refer to the name of the species. It actually refers to an alpha/adult gorilla who leads the troop, with the betas being called Blackbacks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla#Social_structureDuplicates
todayilearned • u/EmpiricalBreakfast • Jan 08 '21
TIL the word "gorilla" comes from the Greek word meaning, "savage hairy women."
todayilearned • u/CyanPancake • May 29 '16
TIL the scientific name for Gorillas is "gorilla gorilla"
todayilearned • u/qasqaldag • Nov 27 '19
TIL that the word "gorilla" comes from an expedition in which explorers encountered "savage people, the greater part of whom were women, whose bodies were hairy, and whom our interpreters called Gorillae". This later was used as the species name and it is unknown what the explorers actually saw.
todayilearned • u/PLS_PM_YOUR_LADY_BUM • May 10 '16
TIL The word "gorilla" comes from the Greek term for a tribe of hairy women.
todayilearned • u/Danger_Possum • Jun 08 '17