| King Kong is out with the Oscar-winning visionary.The | | | | Few animals have sparked the imagination of man as |
| story in short can be enumerated in a few lines: | | | | much as the gorilla, the largest of the living primates |
| A crew of explorers and filmmakers set out to | | | | and the last member of the ape family known to |
| investigate the myths of legendary creature King | | | | science.The chimpanzees are the closest relatives of |
| Kong Travelling to Skull Island, they discover a land | | | | humans; the next in line are the gorillas. The |
| unaffected by time as Kong lives with dinosaurs that | | | | Orang-utans are only remotely related to the other |
| have been hidden and protected from man for | | | | species.The genetic material of apes is identical to |
| centuries. As the crew struggles to survive on the | | | | that of humans to a very large degree. Differences |
| treacherous island, they eventually capture Kong | | | | are especially small in the nuclear DNA |
| through his fascination with a beautiful woman. Taken | | | | Gorillas share 97.7 per cent of our DNA. |
| back to New York, it may only be a matter of time | | | | They have twenty four pairs of chromosomes and |
| before Kong escapes his confines. | | | | humans have twenty three. It has been established |
| Who is the winner? King Kong or the king behind the | | | | that our chromosome number two is equivalent to |
| Kong? No doubt the winner is the amazing director | | | | two pairs of the chimpanzee's chromosomes.There |
| Peter Jackson.The giant gorilla was first made in the | | | | are three subspecies of gorillas living in different parts |
| celebrated film in 1933 and Peter Jackson wanted to | | | | of Africa.* Western Lowland Gorilla (gorilla gorilla)* |
| re-create it. He has had an obsession with this dream | | | | Eastern Lowland Gorilla (gorilla graueri)* Mountain |
| project. He made the Skull Island as the most hellish , | | | | Gorilla (gorilla berengei)The height of male gorillas : 5'6" |
| tortuous jungle. On seeing the 24 feet gorilla in the | | | | upright, 4'6" normal stance. |
| film backed with super technology ,computer magics, | | | | Females 5' upright, 3'6" - 4' normal stance. |
| special effects, one would wonder what would be | | | | Normal weight of male gorillas : 135-225 |
| the scientific facts with regard to gorillas, orang-utans. | | | | Kilograms.Females 68-112 Kgs. |
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