Two years after moving to a new home, the first baby gorilla born by Cesarean section at the Fort Worth Zoo is thriving, her former keepers say.
On May 13, several members of the team who helped care for Jameela after her premature birth got their first glimpse of the young primate with her surrogate mother at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Dr. Jamie Walker Erwin, the OB-GYN who delivered the infant gorilla, was also part of the group.
Primary gorilla keeper Angie Holmes said Jameela was a little shy, but not afraid of her or the other visitors.
Photos show Jameela climbing on the wire enclosure, accepting a bit of food through one of the openings and riding on the back of her new mother…