As I mentioned in yesterday’s post about shooting animals at the Calgary Zoo, today I have a video of what could be the cutest baby gorilla in the world.
The young one is the first second girl to be born to the alpha male of the group. Prior to her birth, the dominant male fathered one daughter and then six sons in succession. According to the guide, this allows the baby gorilla to get away with a lot more, breaking all sorts of rules and having no manners. She is daddy’s little girl, after all.
Watch the embedded video below to see the baby in action. Also as part of the video are some creatures that are (arguably) on the complete opposite end of the “cute” spectrum as the baby gorilla. I showed you a photograph of the giant fruit bats in yesterday’s post, but seeing them in action is another matter altogether. They were really quite amazing and very eerie at the same time.
My daughter had to watch the video and she really liked the bat’s upside down. She already knew from going to Animal Kingdom that they hang upside down and said “Daddy, that’s silly turning the camera upside down. The bat’s will get dizzy.”
Out of the mouth of babes.
LOL!! Kids say the darnest thing, don’t they?
Yes, she always comes up with something interesting.
Lol, love her thought of the bats getting dizzy…wasn’t it Reader’s Digest that used to have a “Kids say the darndest things” column?
Anyone remember that show with Peter Funt I think it was? I think Bill Cosby did another take off on the darnest things franchise as well.
If your child is under the age of 12 there is also a greeting card line that looks for one-liners from children; they pay the kids $25 and write a press release for you to use in your local papers.
Just $25? You think it would be a couple hundred if they’re going to use them commercially.
That baby gorilla is cute. Probably the only time they aren’t a real threat outside of the cage, huh? Just wait til they grow up! lol
How much longer are you in Calgary?
Gorillas aren’t really dangerous. They’re gentle giants so long as you let them be. Chimps are much, much more vicious.
I’ve already left. I was in Calgary for two days.
Like the Chimp that almost killed the women the other day. People have lived with and studied Gorillas for years in the wild.
Did you hear today that the chimp’s mother was also shot back in 2001 when it attacked someone? Unreal.
Yeah, and the person that shot the chimp was convicted in the shooting. http://bit.ly/RaedV
It’s 10:30am and coincidentally my daughter and I are watching an animal show that the host is in Africa with the gorillas. I was trying to think of the woman that was famous for living with the gorillas and he just happened to mention her name: Diane Fosse. That was just bugging me because I remember watching all of that when it came out and the movie Gorillas in the Mist.
Ray: Wasn’t it Jane Goodall?
Jane Goodall actually lived with chimps.
Right! My mistake.
Interesting of you to turn the camera upside down to view the bats from their perspective.
They look like real animals doing things right side up don’t they?
It was actually a really cool perspective with them right-side up…I would have never guessed that it would turn out that cool, but it worked very well…kudos for a great idea.
Bats tend to freak me out. I don’t know if it’s the sound their wings make or the fact that they can hang upside down for hours just waiting for their prey.
Hi,
Great video and comments. I just wanted to clarify one point, Yewande is the second daughter for Kakinga. Barika his first daughter is still here in Calgary as well. She has largely taken over mothering Yewande. Both are Daddy’s girls. Otherwise you are correct, Kakinga has had all sons. Thanks again for posting such a good video and comments about the Calgary Zoo.
Thanks for coming by to clarify!
The style of writing is very familiar . Did you write guest posts for other bloggers?