Gorilla Family Playing at the Little Rock Zoo

Little Rock Zoo gorillas Sekani (mom)and Fossey (dad) enjoy a play bout while 3 month old Mosi goes along for the ride. Daphne Brock Pfeiffer

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Pets & Animals

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• gorilla
• gorillas
• baby
• play
• little
• rock
• zoo
• family
• playing

[brockpfeif]

LOL, I hadn't looked at these videos in years! Our little boy is going to be 5 in October! And I do apologize for the audio...I remember I couldn't figure out how to get it off of there!

[Sidlerocks]

Daphne, thanks again for the wonderful videos of the lovely, lovely Fossey and his beautiful family. More soon? It's such a pleasure seeing the little one I knew as a happy, well adjusted grownup family man. He looks so much like both Bongo and Oscar, but his gentleness is all Bongo (well, and Bridgette...)

[brockpfeif]

Thanks for the comment! I will get more on soon. Little Mosi has grown alot...turning 2 next month! Fossey continues to be a wonderful dad and playmate. It's such a joy to watch them and I'm very priveledged to be part of their lives.

[jaschemasch]

how big is the cage? you can't see properly on the video but it looks really small. Thats fucked up.

[brockpfeif]

That particular cage they're in is fairly small...it's one of several indoor holding areas they have access to. Their outdoor yard is extremely large...larger than just about any zoo you'll find. Don't worry about these gorillas...worry about the ones still in Africa as humans decimate their habitat. Soon there won't be a home for any of us...humans or gorillas. That's "fucked up", as you so eloquently put it.

[LieutenantLocust]

At some times, it almost looks like he's tickling her. o_O

[brockpfeif]

That's exactly what he's doing! Gorillas play and tickle just like humans do, and they even laugh!

[CookieToddo]

OMG my heart stopped a few times worrying about the baby!!! getting squashed or dropping through the loop.. oh my heart cant take it.. glad all went well...

[darlingsapphire1]

A lot of these comments have terrible words in the context. The gorillas are

only playing. Kinda cute, except when the male shows some disrespect or

disregard for the female, even the little one, yet there's no need for foul

language.

[andyabomb]

@tirvonum gorillas, like most other wild animals, are a lot more tough than us humans, and can take more of a beating. have you seen when giraffes give birth? the calf just drops from the mother and hits the ground, and you'd think it would have been injured, but that's just the norm for animals. elephant calfs too get kicked around a fair bit by their larger relatives, and to them it would be a small shock.

[andyabomb]

lil' gorilla's got a cool lil' haircut.

[vinandwes]

GREAT VIDEO ! THANK YOU

[tirvonum]

the silver back was playing rought with no concern for the fragile baby????

[crdemoss92]

Hey. im going to little rock zoo tomarrow on nov 31st ..... never been .. is it a good Zoo? b/c if its like the alexandrea (sry for spelling)..... zoo in louisianna then im not even going to bother driving 8 hours to it. when tyler zoo is FUCKINGGGGGGGGGGGGG (hold) AWESOMEEEEEEEE(hold)and is just ONE fucking hour away :) plzz post back befor tomarrow lol .. someone [pl;zzzzzzz