Photos: Week-old gorilla breaks hearts at Spanish zoo

The park on the Mediterranean coast runs a conservation programme for the gorillas

Published: November 16, 2020 14:44 Reuters and compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Carried around by doting mom Buu with the rest of his clan looking proctectively on, the baby gorilla born last week in an Andalusian zoo has quickly inspired affection among his human visitors too. Image Credit: AFP

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Jesus Recuero, a vet at the Bioparc Fuengirola, said the as yet unnamed male was born in the early hours of November 7 and by morning he had been cleaned and was being nursed by 24-year-old Buu. Image Credit: REUTERS

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"The mother has done it all herself ... fortunately we have not had to intervene and do anything about the baby so far," he said. | Above: The baby gorilla is held by his mother Buu as children watch them at Bioparc Fuengirola in Fuengirola. Image Credit: REUTERS

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"In the coming months we have a lot of monitoring to do to see how the baby develops, without touching him, because I think the mother won't let us." Image Credit: REUTERS

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Zookeeper Irene Arellano, 33, added: "He is super healthy, and it's all fine with other members of the group. Wefa, the younger female who is nine, comes seeking the little one to look at him, waiting for him to grow up so they can play." Image Credit: REUTERS

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The park on the Mediterranean coast runs a conservation programme for this species, the critically endangered Western lowland gorilla. Image Credit: AFP

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It proudly proclaims him as the first gorilla born in Andalusia - an event too good to miss for retired British couple Geoffrey and Judy Huton. "The reason for our visit was to come and see the new baby gorilla. Beautiful!" said Geoffrey. Image Credit: REUTERS

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The five-day-old baby male Western lowland gorilla is held by his mother Buu at Bioparc Fuengirola in Fuengirola, southern Spain. Image Credit: REUTERS

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