A baby gorilla has been born at Bristol Zoo Gardens, the second in less than six months.
The tiny western lowland gorilla arrived in the early hours of Tuesday 22 December in the Gorilla House at the heart of the Zoo.
Mum Touni gave birth naturally overnight to the infant, with dad, Jock, and the rest of the family troop nearby. Keepers arrived in the morning to find the little gorilla being cradled in its mother’s arms.
It is 13-year-old Touni’s second baby. In April 2017 she gave birth to Ayana, who still lives at the Zoo.
The new infant was born just four months after another gorilla, ten-year-old Kala, gave birth to Hasani – currently being hand-reared by keepers after Kala struggled to care for him.
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