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As I started to research gorillas, I began to understand that they're all totally individual and idiosyncratic, and they have their own personalities.

I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.

The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization, I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me.'

Gorillas may seem terrifying because of their bodies, but they are really magnificent and very gentle.

I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we.

Gorillas are still wild creatures. That's made very clear when you observe them in nature. They charge and perform other displays that are terrifying by design. But they don't attack unless they feel threatened.

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

Gorillas are the largest of the great apes. A mature male may be six feet tall and weigh 400 pounds or more; his enormous arms can span eight feet.

I look like a gorilla, just the way I'm built.