Thursday, August 18, 2016

A gorilla surprised the visitors of a zoo in Spain to give birth – Diario Uno

A gorilla gave birth to public view at the zoo Bioparc Valencia in the Spanish city of the same name.

Nalani, a female 10 years old, she gave birth before the eyes of visitors, who witnessed how the mother wiped her and fondled her young, still remains with the umbilical cord until dry, reported the animal enclosure.

the mother wowed visitors to cartwheels of joy, yes, carefully protecting her baby.

this is the second gorilla born in Valencia after the birth of ‘Ebo’, a male, in 2012.

Nalani came from Hannover, Germany, in 2014 to be part of the male reproductive Mambie group, formed by two other females, Ali and Fossey, and small Ebo.

the technical team zoo prepared all a special device to provide the maximum welfare of the mother and her baby, and maintain the tranquility of the group.

shelters were conditioned and were given access both inside and outside to the group decide freely how and where to stay.

After the birth, the mother has left the grounds on several occasions and has been seen comfortable and relaxed, taking great care to small.

Now the role of their caregivers is to maintain vigilance and let nature take its course providing the best conditions for it.

in Bioparc Valencia there is also a group of “single males” consists of 3 individuals, an adult, Jitu (1983) arrived in 2008 from Blackpool Zoo (England) and two young Thomas (2002) and Kabuli (2004) who came in 2009 from Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Frankfurt (Germany) respectively.

Source: EuropaPress.com

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