Adorable Baby Gorilla Is Born After Rare C-Section Fun Love
Staff have told the BBC they are now “cautiously optimistic” for mother and baby.
According to the BBC, she weighed just 2lbs 10oz. The operation had to be carried out because her mother Kera showed signs of pre-eclampsia, which causes high blood pressure.
Bristol Zoo
The zoo's curator of animals, John Partridge, told the Gloucestershire Echo: "The birth of any gorilla is a rare and exciting event; but the birth of a baby gorilla by caesarean section is even more unusual."
Bristol Zoo
The baby is believed to be the first in the UK to survive after being born this way, and one of only a handful around the world.
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