Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Nature Study: Newborn Gorilla

A newborn baby gorilla at Melbourne Zoo gets a checkup at the hospital and shows surprise at the coldness of the stethoscope.

Credit: Photograph is property of http://imgur.com/xxPtC.

Baby gorillas cling to their mothers, horse around with their fathers, get up to all kinds of mischief the moment they can move around on their own, make a mess with their food, yet still like their mother’s milk the best – in short, do everything human babies would do.

19 comments:

  1. Wow..what a share..cute baby.

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  2. So cute. Thanks for sharing such awesome pictures!

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  3. So adorable. My nephew works with monkeys in Oregon and he loves it. They recently painted a picture for him for his birthday. I wanted to thank you for stopping by my blog My Life's a Treasure the other day and for inviting me to visit yours. Now following on GFC. Have a great day.

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  4. That is so cute! Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your nice comment about my t-shirt. Congrats on 450 followers! Now you'll have 1 more! :)

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  5. so cute! thanks for stopping by. your twin grand-babies are precious! :-)

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  6. Thanks for following me! I followed you back. :) That picture is amazing!!!

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  7. How sweet! I love the expression on his face. :)

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  8. That is very funnny, and cuuuute.

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  9. So cute! Thank you for sharing!

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  10. Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, and for becoming a new kindred spirit. I'm always happy to return the favor and I look forward to getting to know more about you through blogging.

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  11. SO cute and adorable!!! Love his little expression!!

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  12. OMGosh....how cute is that baby. A heart stealer.

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  13. I love this post! That Gorilla is so adorable, it's amazing how human they really are.

    Thank you for stopping by my blog, Betty the Bichon. I just became a new follower!

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  14. So pretty! Thanks for stopping by and leaving your lovely comment!

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  15. Oh my gosh that is soooo adorable! thanks for sharing! and Thanks for the sweet comments you left on my blog, it made my day!

    also new follower :)

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