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