madgrappler
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Which is why they're classified as omnivores....
Sigh. Only in the most technical and pedantic sense that they don't go out of their way to avoid bugs on or in their food.
They are an herbivore or called "primarily herbivore" in every reliable source I've ever seen because they only seek out plant based foods and do not require animal products to survive, as humans and say, bears, which are true omnivores, do.
Gorillas raised in captivity which eat pre prepared foods and do not consume bugs show no differences in size or health than wild gorilla which consume the odd termite or caterpillar. So in the most pedantic and technical sense they could be called omivores, but I all I can find in Britanica, zoology guides, and wikipedia and the like is "herbivore" and "primarily herbivore."
So go jump in a lake.