SALT LAKE CITY — Two of the great apes at Utah’s Hogle Zoo are expecting a newborn baby any day now!
The zoo announced Wednesday that Mary, the expectant western lowland gorilla mother, is nearing the end of her 8-and-a-half pregnancy. They said her birth window is between late January and mid-March.
The baby’s father is Husani, the 34-year-old “troop silverback.” He has been at the Hogle Zoo since 2010. He has two previous offspring, born in 2020 and 2024…