London Zoo’s newest endangered baby gorilla is more than six weeks old but still doesn’t have a name. Zookeepers don’t even know if it’s a male or female because they weren’t close enough to see it.
A photo taken Monday by The Associated Press shows why. Gorilla mother Effie holds her baby in her loving arms.
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“It’s actually very difficult to determine the sex of a young gorilla without a thorough examination,” zoo spokeswoman Rebecca Blanchard said. She said: “Babies are still held tightly by their mothers most of the time and here at London Zoo we place them in their capable hands.”
The mother of an endangered western lowland gorilla gives birth to her baby, one of two cubs born at the zoo in January and February this year, at London Zoo in London on Monday, March 25, 2024. embrace (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
The little ape, which arrived on February 8, is one of two baby western lowland gorillas born at the zoo this winter. Another mother, Ms. Mjukuu, gave birth to a small child almost a month ago.
Both babies were carried by Qibli, a 19-year-old silverback who was brought to the zoo from Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands as part of a conservation breeding program to help save the endangered gorilla subspecies. I was born.
The birth of Effie’s baby was not easy. The gorilla arrived wrapped in its umbilical cord, putting its life in danger.
Zookeepers watched the animal for the first three days, making sure it continued to eat and move until it finally came off its leash.
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London Zoo, located in Regent’s Park, will open to the public on Friday a new habitat called “The Secret Life of Reptiles and Amphibians,” which will replace the old reptile house.
