Baby Gorilla At Cincinnati Zoo Cared For By Human Surrogates After Mother Rejects Her (VIDEO)
Posted in: Today's ChiliRejected by her own mother, humans have swooped in to raise a baby gorilla, and they’re even dressing up for the role.
After the gorilla was rejected by her mother in a Texas zoo, she was transported to Ohio’s Cincinnati Zoo, where zookeepers are acting as surrogates to prepare her for life among gorillas. WLWT Cincinnati reports that zookeepers are donning gorilla-like outfits and mimicking animal noises to help the four-week-old.
“Gorillas have about 13 different vocalizations, so you need to know how to speak to the baby given whatever the circumstance is,” Cincinnati Zoo’s Ron Evans told ABC News. The surrogates will work in eight hour shifts around the clock for a series of months, before hopefully a gorilla takes over the parenting role.
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