Imani’s Newborn~

Imani is a 18 year old lowland gorilla at the San Diego Safari (Wild Animal) Park and this is her newborn baby delivered on March 12, 2014. (Please click to enlarge).

This is the 17th gorilla born at the Park. The baby was delivered by cesarean section and born with a collapsed lung and severe pneumonia. The neonate had surgery at birth, was treated for the pneumonia, and reunited with her mother at age 12 days.

Mama Imani has basically not put the baby down since the reunification.

Gorillas are such good mamas and could teach humans a thing or three about maternal child bonding.

The baby’s head lolls when it falls asleep. Mama is always holding baby’s hand as you can see in these pics.

Mama Imani was also a surrogate mother to Frank, now a five year old gorilla. She is still quite attached to Frank. All the…