The Gorilla and The Duckling

My recent trip to the Bronx Zoo - June 25, 2010 -- Most of the commentary you hear is me - the rest is my family or other visitors at the zoo. A gorilla plays with a dead duckling. At first we thought it was a banana peel (due to the coloration), but when I zoomed in with my video camera... the truth was revealed. It was in fact a dead duckling. Disgusting.

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[gorillaphile]

Gorillas often carry stuff on their back and in their leg "pocket" which is waht is happening here ..he or she is just showing some curiousity to a novel item.

[honeydesign9]

@gorillaphile HA! Thanks for the insight. Still disturbing to look at!

[willardaustria]

Gorilla mothers carry their babies on their back, or sometimes under their belly, and the baby would firmly cling onto its mother. This gorilla seems to do the same, not realizing the duckling is dead. But even after a gorilla baby dies, the mother would carry it with her for many days or even weeks. - What I see in this gorilla's behavior is affection and the wish to protect, and to me it's not disgusting at all.

[innos3ntCrim3]

"why is he playing with a dead bird?"

Why will you not shut the fuck up?!

[9mizzle]

How fucking ignorant, What are you doing at zoo screaming 'That's disgusting!'

that gorilla should have killed you and played with your corpse instead.

[katyamber]

If you have ever watched a nature programme it looks like he is trying to carry it like a baby and care for it but maybe got a little ruff and killed it by accident. I work in a zoo and you should have just reported it to a keeper.

[oli0880]

this video would be much better if the gorilla was playing with the disgustingly annoying american whiney bitch, after, of course, the gorilla had put her out of her sheer annoyance and stupidity.

[mrenner86]

interesting video, but why would you ever admit that you were one contributing the awful commentary??

[hanssauer123]

dumb bitch "let's go eat some chicken because I'm a Vegetarian "

[Martinezlopez113]

stfu

[wotjam]

Pause, hit mute button, play. Gotta love the mute facility.

[karyvioleta]

:(

[TheTEAMBUTLER]

i cant wank to this

[uffshadow]

- deal with it

- "no i cant deal with it"