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Gorillas in the wild often adopt young orphaned apes – Science Magazine
Humans are not the only primate to rescue motherless offspring
Kubaha, a male mountain gorilla in Rwanda, hangs out with orphaned gorillas in his social group.
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
By Ann GibbonsMar. 23, 2021 , 4:00 AM
A few years ago, four female mountain gorillas left home, abandoning not only their matea sick alpha silverbackbut their infants, which were barely old enough to feed themselves. They may have sensed that their offspring would be safer with their ailing father than with new males that often kill infants from other groups. Still, most mammals…
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