The Mighty, Great Gorilla. The mountain gorilla lives in ever-shrinking preserves high in the rain forest of central east Africa. Nearly every day begins with a rainstorm. The fragile rhythm of gorilla life includes families playing, lovingly interacting with the newborn and young, foraging for tender bamboo shoots, and clinging to their lives among the exotic sounds of insects, birds, and other mammals sharing the habitat with them. di [nature sounds]