Editing Gorilla (section)

=== Nesting ===
{{see also | Nest-building in primates#In hominid apes|label 1= Nest-building in primates § In gorillas}}
[[File:Gorilla nest.jpg|thumb|right |Gorilla night nest constructed in a tree]]
Gorillas construct [[nest]]s for daytime and night use. Nests tend to be simple aggregations of branches and leaves about {{convert |2 |to |5 |ft |m |abbr=on}} in diameter and are constructed by individuals. Gorillas, unlike chimpanzees or orangutans, tend to sleep in nests on the ground. The young nest with their mothers, but construct nests after three years of age, initially close to those of their mothers.<ref name="Miller-Schroeder1997">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSXgVKUYpvgC&pg=PA20 |title=Gorillas |last=Miller-Schroeder |first=P. |publisher=[[Weigl Educational Publishers Limited]] |year=1997 |isbn=978-0919879898 |page=20 |access-date=4 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627144631/http://books.google.com/books?id=wSXgVKUYpvgC&pg=PA20 |archive-date=27 June 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Gorilla nests are distributed arbitrarily and use of tree species for site and construction appears to be opportunistic.<ref name="MarchantNishida1996">{{cite book |last1=Marchant |first1=L. F. |last2=Nishida |first2=T. |title=Great ape societies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGfjJ4lKb1IC&pg=PA226 |access-date=4 July 2011 |year=1996 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521555364 |pages=226–227 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627144319/http://books.google.com/books?id=iGfjJ4lKb1IC&pg=PA226 |archive-date=27 June 2014}}</ref> Nest-building by great apes is now considered to be not just [[animal architecture]], but as an important instance of [[tool use]].<ref name="MarchantNishida1996" />

Gorillas make a new nest to sleep on each day; even if remaining in the same place, they do not use the previous one. Usually, they are made an hour before dusk, to be ready to sleep when night falls. Gorillas sleep longer than humans, an average of 12 hours per day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 Oct 2019 |title=Gorilla Night Routines |url=https://gorillafund.org/uncategorized/gorilla-night-routines/ |access-date=8 Oct 2022 |website=Gorilla Fund}}</ref>