Baby Gorilla gets her Simba moment as proud Mom lifts her in the air to Show Her Off
A female gorilla was seen introducing her new baby to visitors at the Calgary Zoo in a heartwarming moment.
The footage, shared online Thursday by ViralHog, shows the mom grabbing her baby’s arms and lifting it in the air before cradling it and kissing the new gorilla’s forehead, melting the hearts of visitors who witnessed the moment.
‘Oh my goodness!’ one person can be heard saying on the video. ‘Did she just give it a kiss?’ Another woman then tells the gorillas: ‘Thank you for showing us!’
The Instagram video has wracked up more than 16,000 likes and 233 comments on Friday.
An adorable video show a female gorilla at the Calgary Zoo in Canada lifting her baby up to introduce it to visitors before wrapping it up in its arms and cradling it
The baby received a ton of kisses from its mother, melting the hearts of visitors witnessing the interaction
‘Omg I love this sooo much! Thank you for brightening my day,’ one Instagram user commented.
‘Momma loves her little baby!How sweet and heart warming to see,’ another person shared.
‘Reminds of nurses in hospital with newborns…’ another person joked.
Some people, however, called for the animals to be free, while others seemed to be annoyed by the women’s comments in the video.
‘It is surprising that these women are shocked that a mother of any species apart from the human cares for and lives their babies,’ an Instagram user wrote. ‘Of course they do,’ she added.
‘Sad… these animals should be free!!!’ another person commented, while another person wrote: ‘They don’t belong there.’
Calgary’s Zoo is home to six adult gorillas; another one of whom welcomed a newborn in April.
More than 30 million people have viewed the footage of Juba’s reaction to Olivia’s arrival in March. Some said the reflection in the window made it look like Juba was holding the infant in his arms
The birth of the zoo’s newest gorilla is particularly joyous occasion as gorillas are a critically endangered species.
According to Calgary Zoo, wild gorilla populations have decreased by 80 percent over the past 30 years. That, the zoo says, is due to poaching and habitat destruction, mostly by the mineral coltan, which is necessary for cell-phone production.
In March, another heartwarming gorilla video captured was captured in Dallas, Texas, when a zookeeper on maternity leave introduced her baby daughter to one of the gorillas she looked after.
Mary Kate Findley brought her two-month-old daughter, Olivia, to the gorilla compound to show her off to 20-year-old Juba. The footage, which has been shared on TikTok, has been viewed more than 30 million times.
