Gorilla

Great apes are endowed with a semi-precision grip, and have been able to use both simple tools and even weapons, such as improvising a club from a convenient fallen branch.
. In September of 2005, a two and a half year old gorilla in the Republic of Congo was discovered using rocks to smash open palm nuts. Also, part of "Adelante" is to now start offering bilingual support at its stores for English and Spanish. [2]. It is aimed at the Hispanic and Spanish speaking communities in the US to boost sales and consists of newspaper ads, commercials, and magazine ads. This means that all of the great apes are now known to use tools. In Spanish it means literally "forward".

A second female was seen using a tree stump as a bridge and also as a support whilst fishing in the swamp. Recently, Cingular has launched a new ad campaign "Adelante". A female gorilla in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo was recorded using a stick to gauge the depth of water whilst crossing a swamp. [7] Cingular president Stan Sigman concurred with BellSouth's position, indicating that the Cingular brand would continue but be sold under the AT&T brand where offered in packages with other AT&T services, such as data and wireline telephony. Gorillas are now known to use tools in the wild. [6] BellSouth spokesman Jeff Battcher countered that the terms of the joint venture allow either party to sell the service under another name, and that he believes they will be using the brand to market to business customers. The following observations were made by a team led by Thomas Breuer of the Wildlife Conservation Society in September 2005. On 20 November 2005, Ed Whitacre, CEO of the newly-merged SBC/AT&T, announced plans to market the service under the AT&T banner.

A few individuals in captivity, such as Koko, have been taught a subset of sign language (see animal language for a discussion). The most common of which included number portability issues, over billing, poor customer support and network reliability. Gorillas are closely related to humans and are considered highly intelligent. In 2004, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reported logging more than 14,000 complaints (or 289 per million subscribers) against Cingular Wireless. If he is killed by disease, accident, fighting or poachers, the group will split up or be taken over in its entirety by a male descendant or even an unrelated male; there is a strong risk that a new male may kill the infants of the dead silverback. The company is in the process of restructuring its customer care procedures and has appealed the decision.[5] It remains a member of the BBB in other states in which it operates. If challenged by a younger or even by an outsider male, a silverback will scream, beat his chest, shake broken-off branches at the intruder, bare his teeth then charge forward. On August 25, Cingular was removed from the New York Better Business Bureau because of a large number of complaints that were not handled in a timely manner.

While infant gorillas normally stay with their mother for 3–4 years, silverbacks will care for weaned young orphans. Cingular outsources some of their Customer Care to companies in Canada and overseas. Males will slowly begin to leave their original troop when they are about 11 years old, travelling alone or with a group of other males for 2–5 years before being able to attract females to form a new group and start breeding. [1], [2], [3], [4]. Each typically leads a troop of 5 to 30 gorillas and is the center of the troop's attention, making all the decisions, mediating conflicts, determining the movements of the group, leading the others to feeding sites and taking responsibility for the safety and well-being of the troop. First announced on June 23, 2005 Cingular Wireless announced the intention to divest its Caribbean and Bermuda operations and licenses which it acquired from the acquisition of AT&T Wireless, to Bermuda-based Digcel Group under undisclosed financial terms. Silverbacks are the strong, dominant troop leaders. On May 25, 2004, Cingular and T-Mobile USA announced their intention to dissolve the agreement contingent on Cingular's successful acquisition of AT&T Wireless.

Blackbacks are sexually immature males of up to 11 years of age. The network sharing agreement allowed Cingular to offer local service in northern New Jersey and New York City and T-Mobile to offer service in California and Nevada. A silverback gorilla has large canines that come with maturity. In California, Nevada, northern New Jersey and New York City, Cingular and T-Mobile USA maintained and shared a GSM-1900 network prior to the acquisition of AT&T Wireless, through a joint venture known as GSM Facilities. A silverback is an adult male gorilla, typically more than 12 years of age and named for the distinctive patch of silver hair on his back. GSM Facilities. All gorillas share a single blood type, B.
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Threats to gorilla survival include habitat destruction and the bushmeat trade.
. Both species of gorilla are endangered, and have been subject to intense poaching for a long time. Cingular is expected to launch UMTS in all major metropolitan areas by the end of 2006. [1]. UMTS was launched on December 6, 2005 in Seattle, Portland, San Fransico, Salt Lake City, San Jose, San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Austin, Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore and Washington D.C. The proposed third subspecies of Gorilla beringei which has not yet received a full latin designation is the Bwindi Gorilla. Universal Telephone Service UMTS high-speed network known as "BroadbandConnect", the first to utilize High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSPDA), to counter Verizon's EV-DO network.

More recently it has been claimed that a third subspecies exists in one of these groups. The combined company had a customer base of 46 million people which placed Cingular as the largest wireless provider in the United States. There is now agreement that the gorilla is divided into two species of at least two subspecies each. The merger was completed on October 16, 2004. Until recently there were considered to be three species of gorilla, the Western Lowland, the Eastern Lowland and the Mountain Gorilla. After a bidding war with Britain's Vodefone PLC, Cingular announced in February, 2004 that they would purchase AT&T Wireless for 41 Billion dollars. Primatologists continue to explore the relationships between various gorilla populations. AT&T Wireless merger.

Gorillas are renowned for their strength but no research has been conducted into how strong they are compared to humans. Project Genesis was completed by the end of 2004. Due to their diet of plant life, gorillas often have bloated stomachs. In 2002 Cingular began an initiative called "Project Genesis" which the code name for the GSM/GPRS overlay of the entire network. Insects make up 1-2% of their diet. The Pacific Bell and BellSouth Mobility DCS networks used GSM technology on the PCS frequency (1900 Mhz). Gorillas are mainly vegetarian, eating fruits, leaves, and shoots. With the exception of Pacific Bell and BellSouth Mobility DCS, the digital network consisted of TDMA Technology.

The Philadelphia Zoo's Massa set the longevity record of 54 years at the time of his death. these companies include BellSouth Mobility, BellSouth Mobility DCS, Cellular One, Houston Cellular, BellSouth Wireless Data, Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, Nevada Bell, Ameritech Cellular, SNET and SBC Wireless. Lifespan is between 30–50 years. Cingular grew out of a conglomeration of 11 regional companies. Females mature at 10–12 years (earlier in captivity); males 11–13 years, sometimes sooner if they assume leadership early. The joint venture created the nations second largest carrier. Infants stay with their mothers for 3–4 years. Cingular Wireless was formed in 2001 as a joint venture of SBC (now AT&T) and BellSouth.

There are typically 3–4 years between births. . Gestation is 8½ months.
. Females are about half the weight of males. Former networks include various paging services and the Cingular Interactive division that became Velocita Wireless. Adult males range in height from 1.65 m to 1.75 m (5.4 to 5.7 feet), and in weight from 140 kg to 165 kg (305 to 360 pounds). Cingular supports their legacy networks of TDMA and Analog.

Gorillas move about by knuckle-walking. On top of their GSM network they run a data network called GPRS (general packet radio service) and an upgrade for faster speeds called EDGE (enhanced data rates for global evolution). . The most widely used of these technologies is called Global Systems for Mobile, or GSM.
. Cingular operates a network of multiple technologies. With 92-98% of its DNA being identical to that of a human, it is the second closest living relative to humans after the two chimpanzee species. Cingular Wireless LLC is the largest United States mobile phone company, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Divided into two species and (under debate as of 2006) either four or five subspecies. It is used to receive SMS messages from other racers. The gorilla, the largest of the primates, is a ground-dwelling herbivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. Cingular Wireless is the wireless carrier of the street racers in Electronic Arts' street racing video games Need for Speed Underground 2 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted. A popular virtual band "The Gorillaz" is named after the animal. A sales boost is expected following January 2006, when RadioShack (the top wireless retailer in the US) will no longer sell Verizon phones and instead will sell Cingular phones. In the 1997 film adaptation, Ape is voiced by John Cleese. In 2005, Communications Workers of America, the union which represents over half of Cingular's employees, specifically recognized Cingular for excellence as a union employer, in direct contrast to competitor Verizon, which CWA singled out as an aggressive union-buster.

In the Tarzan-parody animated TV series George of the Jungle, George's best friend is an erudite talking gorilla named Ape. In the animated Disney version of Tarzan, the hero's adopted family are gorillas (unlike the "Great Apes" of the original book), including Kala, Kerchak, Terk, and Tublat. The British comedy series The Mighty Boosh features a talking gorilla named Bollo. Its theme is a dance song called "Barking Gorillas Bounce" [6], and its logo features three gorillas dressed as a barbershop trio.

There is a children's musical group called Barking Gorillas [5]. In the popular video game Halo 2, an alien race nicknamed the Brutes resemble evil gorillas. An intelligent gorilla named Grodd is a recurring super-villain of The Flash in DC Comics and the animated TV series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. Gorillas were frequently used as a gimmick to sell comics during the Silver Age of Comic Books: see Gorillas in comics.

In the award-winning novel Ishmael, written by Daniel Quinn, a gorilla teaches the protagonist about the history of humanity and the effect "civilized" culture has had on other species. He (she?) also plays backup guitar for "Freddie," a fellow student who may or may not be Freddie Mercury. In the anime series "Sakigake! Cromartie High School," a gorilla is one of the more powerful delinquents at Cromartie High. Writer Mark Evanier promotes this holiday on his web site [3], [4].

"National Gorilla-Suit Day" is celebrated every year on January 31st. The protagonist of Don Martin's Mad Magazine strip "National Gorilla-Suit Day" is beset by gorillas (or persons dressed as gorillas). His beast modes get more technological in each incarnation. Optimus Primal in the TV series and toy line Beast Wars and Beast Machines starts out as a regular gorilla.

The namesake of the Donkey Kong video game franchise is a gorilla. In the Planet of the Apes films, comic books, etc., normal-sized gorillas fill security/military roles. The giant gorilla is a recurring theme in film, especially in the various incarnations of King Kong and Mighty Joe Young. The Phillips Academy boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts, has a gorilla as an informal mascot.

Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, is the only public college in the United States to have a gorilla as mascot. The NBA's Phoenix Suns mascot is The Gorilla. A gorilla is a mascot for a number of sports teams: