How Much Space Do Zoo Gorillas Need to Have Babies in the Zoo

GROWING UP GORILLA

Babe GORILLAS

Encounter Zuna (zoo-nah)!

Baby gorilla, Zuna, is ready to say hi to zoo visitors!

Baby gorilla Zuna spending fourth dimension outdoors with mom, Nadiri, and the residue of her family

The 11-week-old western lowland gorilla—the second baby for 25-year-old mom Nadiri and the kickoff betwixt her and 21-twelvemonth-old male parent, Kwame, is spending a few hours outdoors each day now with her family. Their fourth dimension exterior in the public space, most likely between 1:45-four:30 p.chiliad., is weather-dependent and ofttimes takes place in curt increments in gild to conform the baby's behind-the-scenes canteen-feedings.

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Read more than about the newest member of our western lowland gorilla family:

Every twenty-four hour period is World Gorilla Day with Kitoko and Zuna!
Baby Zuna gets a gustatory modality of springtime sunshine... and a tiny molar appears!
Q & A with gorilla keeper Stephanie: Get the scoop on caring for Nadiri and her baby Zuna
Oh, how sweet it is! Our new infant gorilla has a name!
The all-time gift on Nadiri'due south 25th birthday—the mama gorilla and her baby are bonding
Hello little one! Nadiri gives nascence to health infant girl!
Infant watch begins... Gorilla Nadiri is due any 24-hour interval at present!
A baby gorilla is on the way: Nadiri is expecting!

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Shower Her With Love, Save Gorillas!

To share in the beloved and joy of this new gorilla babe, we are asking our community to help us throw a virtual babe shower for Nadiri! Help usa celebrate and show your love for Nadiri, Kwame and their new baby girl past making a gift of any size and brand sure to leave a annotate!

The inflow of this new baby is more than than just a celebration of a new family member. Information technology too marks a wonderful milestone for Nadiri every bit a mother. Due to some complications with her ain birth, Nadiri was partially human-raised every bit an babe, which means she didn't get to feel showtime-hand how to be a gorilla female parent herself. Our defended gorilla keepers worked with her every mean solar day during her beginning pregnancy five years ago, and during this i—to help her learn good maternal skills.

Thanks to the dedication and expertise of our gorilla keepers—and to you for providing gifts that support all that training—the work has paid off. We're thrilled to run into that Nadiri, who initially was hesitant to pick up her newborn, has bonded with the new infant! What started out as brusk visits between mother and daughter, with staff providing a lot of canteen-feeding and treat the start couple weeks, has at present morphed into a beautiful bail where the baby and Nadiri are together full-time. And both of them are thriving!

Give thanks you lot for considering a donation in honor of this special birth and our keepers working around the clock to keep the new infant and mom healthy and happy! Every souvenir adds up to a big difference for the health and well-being of each animal that calls Woodland Park Zoo abode.

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Adopt a Gorilla

Gloat Nadiri's new infant with a symbolic brute adoption in her name!

Adopt now and help fund conservation programs and the daily care and feeding of our gorilla infant, mom Nadiri and all zoo inhabitants

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ECO-Prison cell

Recycling cell phones helps salvage Gorillas!

Woodland Park Zoo is proud to partner with ECO-CELL to recycle e-waste product responsibly. In 2018, we collected and recycled 270lbs of electronics donated by visitors like y'all!

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Gorilla Personality Quiz

Are y'all more than of a Yola or an Akenji?

Take this quiz and we'll tell you which member of Kwame'south group matches your personality

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SAVING GORILLAS

A Future for Gorillas

Photo credit Mondika Gorilla Project

Established in 1998, the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project was founded with the aim of preserving wild fauna in the Congo Basin past studying the apes, the ecosystems, and the forces that threaten their survival. In 2014, the study surface area expanded to include the Djeke Triangle region outside the Nouabale-Ndoke National Park – resulting in the Mondika Gorilla Project.

The plan is currently monitoring specific aspects of ape coexistence, forest ecology and change, and ape-human health risks. Local communities and indigenous people help in addressing the opportunity-challenge nexus that factors significantly in the ape-homo overlap that typifies ape sites in this region.

Mondika Gorilla Project

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Source: https://www.zoo.org/growingupgorilla