Gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo expecting first baby after breakthrough medical treatment
A favorite of many who visit the Cincinnati Zoo is expecting!
The zoo says Gladys, their 12-year-old gorilla, is going to be a mom!
바카라 게임 웹사이트Gladys has been set up really well for being a first-time mom, and we are prepared for every outcome, including giving her the best maternal care and training her for different scenarios,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Cincinnati Zoo바카라 게임 웹사이트s head gorilla keeper Ashley Ashcraft in a press release from the zoo. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We are all very excited to see everything come full circle for her. She is an exceptional gorilla.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Zoo officials say she has had a breeding recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Gorilla Special Survival Plan for almost too years, but those plans got put on hold after Gladys broke her arm last year.
Thanks to the help of the world's first 3D-printed titanium cast and months of physical therapy, Gladys resumed to her normal self and breeding efforts were resumed.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Her arm has healed, and we don바카라 게임 웹사이트t expect her to have trouble carrying a baby around,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Ashcraft. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Gorilla babies actually do most of the work to stay attached to mom. They hold on tight to the fur on mom바카라 게임 웹사이트s body, which is something we simulated for Gladys by wearing hair vests that she could grip when she was little.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Gladys arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2013 after her mom at the Gladys Porter Zoo decided not to care for her, creating the need for her to be raised by human surrogates and a potential surrogate gorilla mother.
The zoo says the father is 22-year-old silverback gorilla Mbeli. Both mom and dad will be first time parents.
바카라 게임 웹사이트As we celebrate our 150th anniversary, the news that Gladys바카라 게임 웹사이트 is expecting is a perfect symbol of hope and progress,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Cincinnati Zoo director Thane Maynard in a press release.
According to the zoo, Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, with fewer than 175,000 individuals. There are about 765 gorillas in zoos worldwide, 360 of which are managed by the Gorilla SSP.
The zoo says they're so excited to announce Gladys' pregnancy, they had to announce ahead of Zoo Babies month (May). Zoo officials did not provide an expected date for the new addition to arrive.
Western lowland gorillas gestate for around eight and a half months.