A baby western lowland gorilla was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the District of Columbia over the weekend, marking the species’ first birth at the facility in five years.
The baby was born sometime between midnight and 6 a.m. Saturday to 20-year-old mother Calaya and 31-year-old father Baraka, according to the zoo. The newborn’s sex still hasn’t been determined since staffers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are giving the mother and child time to bond.
“We are overjoyed to welcome a new infant to our western lowland gorilla troop,” said Becky Malinsky, curator of primates at the zoo. “Calaya is an experienced mother, and I have every confidence she will take excellent care of this baby, as she did with her first offspring, Moke. Since his birth in 2018, it’s been wonderful seeing her nurturing and playful side come out.”
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