BABY GORILLA PATCH
The patch will fade when the great ape is 3 to 4 years old, according to the zoo’s news release. The zoo says the white patch helps mother gorillas keep track of infants and helps other gorillas recognize it as a baby. The zoo says its entire primate area will be closed while Tumani and the entire troop bonds with the baby. The zoo’s firstborn gorilla is Praline, who is 24 years old and still at the zoo, where the troop also includes a third female, Alafia. It’s Audubon’s first gorilla birth in nearly 25 years. The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle announced the birth of a male in March and the Toledo Zoo announced another male’s birth in August. The baby is at least the fourth western lowland gorilla born at a US zoo this year. Native to central Africa, western lowland gorillas were declared critically endangered in 2007 because of habitat loss as well as deaths caused by the Ebola virus and hunters who killed them illegally for their meat. Once keepers knew Tumani was pregnant, she was trained to carry a baby using a “doll” made from firehose canvas.
APĪlthough the birth was about two weeks after what the zoo had put as the last likely due date, keepers weren’t worried, Smith said, since the dates were based on observed matings. She is supporting it more on its backside and keeping it low so that it can nurse.” Tumani, a critically endangered western lowland gorilla holds her newborn at an enclosure at the Audubon Zoo, following its birth in New Orleans. “In the beginning, she was keeping it close to her mouth … to clean. Some even carry football style,” Smith wrote. “All gorilla mothers vary on how they carry their infants. Photos show the baby held in her arms without using her hands. Gorilla babies weigh about 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms) at birth and photos and video from the zoo show 13-year-old mom Tumani cuddling her tiny newborn. She said keepers first saw the baby during their morning check Friday. “Tumani is demonstrating excellent mothering behaviors and the entire troop is doing exceptionally well,” Smith said. Keepers don’t yet know the sex of the critically endangered western lowland gorilla born Friday to 13-year-old Tumani and father Okpara, Audubon Zoo spokeswoman Katie Smith said in an email.
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