Sentences with phrase «for baby gorillas»
As a former veterinary assistant, Nancy worked and cared for a variety of animals, in addition to having worked at the Los Angeles Zoo caring for baby gorillas.
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In 1947, while working as an instructor for Northwestern University's School of Dentistry, Dr. Boothe was asked to extract a tooth from a popular baby gorilla at Lincoln Park Zoo.
I'm hoping once we have baby # 2 (baby # 1 is a two - year - old now, and too heavy for this idea), I'll have the ambition to dress myself and my husband as skyscrapers, and the wee one as a little gorilla.
But Byrne, who once observed a gorilla carry her dead baby around for 3 days in the mountains of Rwanda, points out that hospitals and doctors are increasingly giving the parents of a deceased infant the option of remaining with the body of their child for hours or even days before giving it up for burial, as a way of aiding the grieving process.
An adorable video shows a gorilla cradling her newborn baby and showering him with kisses for the first time.
Mountain gorillas rank among the world's most endangered species, numbering just around 800 in the forests of Africa, so any gorilla baby births are a cause for celebration.
For the sixth year running, Kwita Izina, or the baby gorilla naming ceremony, has been held in Rwanda.
For the sixth year running, Kwita Izina, or the baby gorilla naming ceremony, has been held in Rwanda, in the shadow of the Virunga mountains in Volcanoes National Park.
«The good news is that this infant was rescued before it was too late and is now in good hands,» International Gorilla Conservation Program Director Eugène Rutagarama explained, but added that «the bad news is that people believe there is a market for baby mountain gorillas and are willing to break laws and jeopardize the fate of a critically - endangered species at the chance for profit.»