They live in stable harems led by a male silverback, with several females and several children.

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Jambo, a silverback gorilla, became famous when he protected Levan Merrett from other gorillas when the boy fell into the enclosure in 1986.

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It is the second gorilla to be fathered by silverback Badongo.

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In the 2005 movie, Kong appears to be about 25 feet tall in a crouch --about seven times the height of an actual silverback gorilla.

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And soon it will begin using software from the recently acquired SilverBack Technologies and Everdream to monitor the vital signs of Dell hardware on corporate networks.

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Jambo was the first male silverback gorilla to be born in captivity, the first to be mother-reared and was one of the most prolific breeding silverbacks.

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If CSCO is the 800-pound gorilla in the networking sector, then Juniper Networks is that silverback in the corner waiting for its opportunity to dethrone the king.

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Expect your adrenaline levels to rocket and, in the warm, thin air, you will realise that cowering in front of an oncoming silverback is not something you could ever get used to.

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I'm cured of any disappointment, though, when our guide, Francis Bayingana, explains in broken English that this group boasts not just the biggest silverback, Guhonda, but also an infant only days old.

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The 500-pound silverback, Guhonda, sits 15 feet away.

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