The Zoo: Gorillas

The gorillas were probably the most fun. They imitated some of the things we did and were quite active, eating, playing and taking care of a little baby gorilla, while we were visiting. The video in the middle should be watched first. There are some good pictures too.

This is the mommy gorilla, she draped this blanket over herself all by herself!

This guy ate a lot while we were there. We are also guessing that he is the daddy gorilla because he went over to the mommy gorilla and gave her two of his carrots.

This is Preston sitting on a bench as far away from the gorillas as we would let him go while we were there. He didn't want to be there at all and kept trying to walk away. He finally agreed to wait patiently on this bench for mommy, daddy and Eva to finish visiting the gorillas.

This is the baby gorilla, about one year old.

Here is a close up of the daddy one that scared Preston.

The mommy and baby together.

This is as close as Preston got, with my arm around him. This picture was taken before the gorilla scared him.

In this video Preston gets brave enough to wave at the gorilla and even blow him a kiss, before it kisses back and scares him away forever.

Eva giving kisses to the gorilla.