The newest endangered baby gorilla at the London Zoo is more than six weeks old but doesn’t yet have a name
A critically endangered Western Lowland Gorilla mother holds her baby, one of two babies born at the zoo in Jan. and Feb. this year, at London Zoo in London, Monday, March 25, 2024. . Zookeepers aren’t even sure if it’s a male or female because they haven’t been able to get close enough to examine it.
“It’s actually quite tricky to sex a young gorilla without a close-up examination,” said Rebecca Blanchard, a zoo spokesperson. “The infant is still held closely by its mum most of the time, and here at London Zoo, we leave the baby in mum’s capable hands.” Both babies were sired by Kiburi, a 19-year-old silverback brought to the zoo from Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands as part of a conservation breeding program to help preserve the critically endangered gorilla subspecies.
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