Also, bulging eyes can signal a thyroid disorder known as Graves' disease. Eye allergies related to conditions such as hay fever also can produce swollen eyes. Other types of allergies, such as reactions to certain foods or chemicals, can cause swollen eyelids.
Want to know more about one of your close relatives? Read our gorilla facts for kids to learn about these fearsome, but peaceful, animals. This article is part of our African Animals series. Gorilla Facts: Introduction. Gorillas are the worldâs largest primates. They are members of the Hominidae family. This family is also known as the âGreat Apeâ family, and also includes three other types of primate: orangutans, chimpanzees, and humans. There are two species of gorilla: the Eastern Gorilla, and the Western Gorilla.
The western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) is a great ape, the type species as well as the most populous species of the genus Gorilla.early all of the individuals of this taxon belong to the western lowland gorilla subspecies (G. g. gorilla), whose population is approximately 95,000 individuals. Only 250 to 300 of the only other western gorilla subspecies, the Cross River gorilla (G. g. diehli), are thought to remain.