You won’t believe how good gorillas are at parenting! They’re like the overprotective, caring parents you see in movies. Emmeline Austin, an American visitor to the Franklin Zoo in Boston, witnessed this first hand and was amazed.
Emmeline was taking care of her son, Canyon, when she went to see the gorillas. She had heard stories about how good they were, but seeing it in person was a whole different experience. She was so captivated by the gorillas that she approached their glass enclosure with her sleeping baby in tow.
That’s when something incredible happened. The gorilla, Kiki, was totally fascinated with the visitor baby. She got up close to the glass and analyzed the baby with intense curiosity. Kiki even acted as if she was stroking the baby’s head by running her hand over the glass.
It was a moment that no one expected, least of all the baby’s mother. But Kiki’s love for the visitor baby was so pure and genuine that it melted hearts. And the story doesn’t end there – Kiki had her own baby soon after, and she proudly presented him to the world, just like any doting mother would.
The whole thing was captured on video and went viral on the internet, with millions of views. Who knew that gorillas could be such amazing parents and adoptive parents too?