[diverjohn (OP)]

While enjoying the totally fictional King Kong remake, I wondered if I were to get funding to find the real Skull Island with its giant gorilla, where would I look? Climate has something to do with animal size, such as the largest bears are found in the arctic and the smallest bears live in the tropics. But living on an island makes for small wooly mammoths and large rodents. Besides, great apes tend to be mostly vegetarian and would more likely be found in rain forests than in deserts or swamps. Any suggestions?

[alancalverd]

Congo or Rwanda. Definitely herbivorous. Chimpanzees and bonobos are a bit more carnivorous but not as spectacularly built as a gorilla. If you want an animal that really expresses its grudge against humanity you would do better to put a face mask on a grizzly bear. 

[Bored chemist]

Where would I find King Kong?
Alphabetically, between Harald V of Norway and  Letsie 3 of Lesotho.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_monarchs_of_sovereign_states

[alancalverd]

Interestingly, now we are on to Scandinavia, the Danish word for king is kong, so when the original film appeared in northern shores it was entitled "Kong King".

[Petrochemicals]

Island gigantisism and island dwarfism are part of island insularism, isolated species gain different size, usually big ones get smaller.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoloxodon_falconeri.

Land animals size seems to be generally bigger in warmer areas, most likely due to these are nearer the equator, areas that will change less climactically during the earth's cycles.

[evan_au]

Large animals tend to die out when humans arrive. They can't breed as quickly as humans can kill them.

The same happened to King Kong in the original movie, if the clips I have seen of the Empire State building are indicative.

[Zer0]

In Ann's heart.
(2005)

[Petrochemicals]

Large animals tend to die out when humans arrive. They can't breed as quickly as humans can kill them.

The same happened to King Kong in the original movie, if the clips I have seen of the Empire State building are indicative.

Given humans started in Africa and headed out towards Asia, the land animals get bigger in as you retrace the route. Rhino elephant lion are only present in the Orient and Africa and are largest in Africa, these animals are only threatened in these areas now due to modern weapons, up until 300 years ago they where numerous throughout the areas.

[diverjohn (OP)]

coincidentally, I saw an article about the largest gorilla known to archeology. It was a giant that lived in southern China! So perhaps there may be an undiscovered island near China that is home to this relic from the past? Ha Ha.

[Pseudoscience-is-malarkey]

While enjoying the totally fictional King Kong remake, I wondered if I were to get funding to find the real Skull Island with its giant gorilla, where would I look? Climate has something to do with animal size, such as the largest bears are found in the arctic and the smallest bears live in the tropics. But living on an island makes for small wooly mammoths and large rodents. Besides, great apes tend to be mostly vegetarian and would more likely be found in rain forests than in deserts or swamps. Any suggestions?

King Kong and Skull Island are 100% fictitious. You will not find him or Skull Island, or our hollow earth anywhere.