banner - kindi, Gorilla Infant, being bottle fed by a keeper, kindi is holding onto the keeper's shirt, she looks very sleepy

Gorilla Infant Born: 3-14-2016

gb_1A female gorilla infant was born via emergency cesarean section to 27 year-old gorilla Mia Moja at 12:35 p.m. on Monday, March 14. Sadly, her mother, Mia Moja, passed away a little after 8 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15 from complications. A full post mortem will be performed on Mia to determine the cause of death.

The infant gorilla is in critical condition but currently stable and continually monitored by gorilla keeper staff. She weighed 3 pounds and 9 ounces at birth and was 14 inches long, close to the average size of a full term gorilla baby. She was monitored overnight and bottle fed Similac special care formula for premature babies every two hours by the Zoo’s gorilla care staff.

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