Central African lowland gorillas like Koko are threatened by logging and poaching in their natural habitats.

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Big-box retailers, particularly Lowe's (nyse: LOW - news - people), radio broadcasting, semiconductors and data-storage gorillas like EMC (nyse: EMC - news - people).

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Male gorillas, like men, form stronger bonds with particular females, and thus have more confidence that those females' children are also their own.

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For example, an organization working on saving mountain gorillas in Rwanda might vividly describe what it would look and feel like to triple the population of gorillas and the employ hundreds of former poachers as tourist guides.

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Because of this, big gorillas--like Yahoo!

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When gorillas go into a market, smaller companies survive by feeding on leftovers, like pilot fish that swim safely alongside sharks.

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While baseball goes for Muppet-like characters, the NBA favors tough animals--bulls, mountain lions, coyotes, gorillas--acting goofy.

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