western gorillas hands are more flexible and can bend easier than the european moles hands, the moles hands are mostly just claws, used to dig, while the gorillas hands are more human like.
Gorillas can stand on their legs but they walk using their legs and “hands” in a four-footed manner, which is an easier way to balance the heavy weight of their head and upper body. They use the hand like a foot and walk on the knuckles.
This makes sense, because other species of mole that don't tunnel as much have smaller, stubbier outer thumbs, the