🦍 Western gorilla vs Grizzly bear 🐻
The western gorilla and the grizzly bear are about the same size. They are about the same.
| Row | 🦍 Western gorilla | 🐻 Grizzly bear |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the western gorilla yet. | no checked number yet | 35 mph56 km/h1 |
| Weight They are about the same. | 300 to 500 lb136 to 227 kg2 | 243 to 661 lb110 to 300 kg3 |
| Lives The western gorilla usually lives about one and a half times as long as the grizzly bear. | 30 to 40 years30 to 40 years2 | 25 years25 years3 |
| Eats The western gorilla eats plants; the grizzly bear eats plants and animals. | leaves, stems, shoots and fruit | roots, berries, grasses, nuts, fish, insects and meat |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | the rainforests and swamps of western Central Africa | the mountains and forests of western North America, from Alaska to Wyoming |
Which one? Western gorilla or grizzly bear
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the western gorilla yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/gorilla-vs-grizzly-bear
Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Glacier, checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Western lowland gorilla, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service (grizzly bear species profile), checked 30 October 2026.