Sign of Hope? Baby Gorilla Born to Critically Endangered Species in New Orleans
4 years, 3 months ago

Sign of Hope? Baby Gorilla Born to Critically Endangered Species in New Orleans

News 18  

A tiny baby gorilla has been born at the zoo in New Orleans. Keepers don’t yet know the sex of the critically endangered western lowland gorilla born Friday to 13-year-old Tumani and father Okpara, Audubon Zoo spokeswoman Katie Smith said in an email. Gorilla babies weigh about 4 pounds at birth, and photos and video from the zoo show 13-year-old mom Tumani cuddling her tiny newborn. She is supporting it more on its backside and keeping it low so that it can nurse.” Although the birth was about two weeks after what the zoo had put as the last likely due date, keepers weren’t worried, Smith said since the dates were based on observed matings. The baby is at least the second western lowland gorilla born at a U.S. zoo this year.

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Sweet moment baby gorilla wearing a T-shirt is saved at an airport after being found hidden in a small wooden crate
17 hours, 30 minutes ago

Sweet moment baby gorilla wearing a T-shirt is saved at an airport after being found hidden in a small wooden crate

Daily Mail  

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Baby Gorilla relearns how to trust humans after his traumatic past. Watch
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Baby Gorilla relearns how to trust humans after his traumatic past. Watch

Hindustan Times  

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Baby gorilla cuddled by mother at London Zoo remains nameless
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Baby gorilla cuddled by mother at London Zoo remains nameless

The Independent  

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Surprise! Ohio zoo officials think gorilla is a ‘boy’, reality dawns when it gives birth
1 year, 5 months ago

Surprise! Ohio zoo officials think gorilla is a ‘boy’, reality dawns when it gives birth

Hindustan Times  

Zoo officials in Ohio are bewildered after a gorilla who they believed was a male, has given birth. Gorilla Sully with her new born baby “We’re thrilled by the addition of another birth for this critically endangered species. As the 34th gorilla born here since 1956 when the Columbus Zoo became the first zoo in the world to welcome the …

In a shocking twist ‘male’ gorilla gives birth to baby at US zoo
1 year, 5 months ago

In a shocking twist ‘male’ gorilla gives birth to baby at US zoo

Hindustan Times  

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Rotterdam Zoo lets people vote on gorilla baby name
2 years, 9 months ago

Rotterdam Zoo lets people vote on gorilla baby name

NL Times  

The Rotterdam Zoo is letting people vote on the name of its new baby gorilla until March 24 via its website. The three Afrikaans name choices are: Amadi, which means “happiness,” Ajabu, meaning “miracle” and Anayo, or “thank god.” The names all begin with “A” because it is a tradition to give the baby a name with the same first …

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