{"id":63291,"date":"2020-09-09T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tiny-critically-endangered-gorilla-baby-born-in-new-orleans\/"},"modified":"2020-09-09T20:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T17:50:00","slug":"tiny-critically-endangered-gorilla-baby-born-in-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tiny-critically-endangered-gorilla-baby-born-in-new-orleans\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tiny critically endangered gorilla baby born in New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Tiny critically endangered gorilla baby born in New Orleans<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 9, 2020 |<\/span> 1:50pm <\/p>\n

\n NEW ORLEANS \u2014 A tiny baby gorilla has been born at the zoo in New Orleans.<\/p>\n

Keepers don\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cTumani is demonstrating excellent mothering behaviors and the entire troop is doing exceptionally well,\u201d Smith said. She said keepers first saw the baby during their morning check Friday.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Photos show the baby held in her arms without using her hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll gorilla mothers vary on how they carry their infants. Some even carry football style,\u201d Smith wrote. \u201cIn the beginning, she was keeping it close to her mouth \u2026 to clean. She is carrying it differently now. She is supporting it more on its backside and keeping it low so that it can nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tumani, a critically endangered western lowland gorilla holds her newborn at an enclosure at the Audubon Zoo, following its birth in New Orleans.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although the birth was about two weeks after what the zoo had put as the last likely due date, keepers weren\u2019t worried, Smith said, since the dates were based on observed matings.<\/p>\n

Once keepers knew Tumani was pregnant, she was trained to carry a baby using a \u201cdoll\u201d made from firehose canvas.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The baby is at least the fourth western lowland gorilla born at a US zoo this year. A female was born Jan. 18 at the Los Angeles Zoo. The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle announced the birth of a male in March and the Toledo Zoo announced another male\u2019s birth in August.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Audubon\u2019s first gorilla birth in nearly 25 years. The zoo\u2019s firstborn gorilla is Praline, who is 24 years old and still at the zoo, where the troop also includes a third female, Alafia.<\/p>\n

The zoo says its entire primate area will be closed while Tumani and the entire troop bonds with the baby. The zoo says the white patch helps mother gorillas keep track of infants and helps other gorillas recognize it as a baby. The patch will fade when the great ape is 3 to 4 years old, according to the zoo\u2019s news<\/a> release.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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