The Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire , U.K. , has just announced the birth of an endangered Western Lowland Gorilla gorilla . comport to parent Ozala and Oumbi on January 3 , the yet - to - be - nominate baby ’s gender is still not known , because the female parent is guarding it carefully .
The BBCreports :
The wildlife park said Ozala , who was give birth at Twycross in 1994 , is a sure-footed , attentive mother and is taking great care of her babe .
Charlotte Macdonald , curator of living collection , say : “ Oumbie [ the baby ’s Fatherhood ] is patrician but protective and is point a portion of pastime in the infant .
“ On the day of the baby ’s birthing he was very inquisitive , sitting beside Ozala and putting his face right up to the baby to smell it . ”
The infant , whose sex is not yet know , will stay close to its mother for the next couple of twelvemonth but can be seen by visitant to the green .
According to IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species , Western lowland gorilla are perilously close to extinction due to hunt , habitat deprivation and the Ebola virus . There are now fewer than 100,000 left in the wild .
Images : BBC via Twycross ZOo
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