Saturday, April 25, 2009

The Gorilla and the Babies


I saw this segment on the news about the female gorilla (Timbo) at our zoo who had cataract surgery. Pretty amazing stuff. The surgeon is a people surgeon and said he was really nervous! The keeper said after the surgery, Timbo was happy to be back at her spot at the windows because she loved to see children, especially babies since she never had her own.

So, we went by on Friday afternoon to let her see our babies.
She is so sweet and a little bit shy. When I took Cormac out of the stroller and stood him up to the window she walked over to sit by him. She'll look at the kids for just a minute and then turn away if they look at her too long. She liked the bigger kids too, but you can tell she really liked the little ones.

And he wasn't scared one bit.