Hannah McNulty

Seeing the commotion unfolding, the keeper signalled for Harambe and the two female gorillas he shared his enclosure with to come inside.

The two females returned inside, but Harambe paused and then walked over to the moat that the boy had fallen into.

Then he began climbing down to the child.

And we're sure you've all seen the video but for those of you who haven't or need a little reminder, we're going to describe what happened next.

After lowering himself down into the moat, Harambe made his way over to the little boy who had made his way into the corner and was clearly upset and in pain.

At first Harambe appeared to inspect the child inquisitively and remarkably gently, but as the screaming got louder from the growing crowd, Harambe became agitated and probably protective.

A few times during the ten minutes that Harambe and the child were in the enclosure, Harambe violently dragged the boy around the moat, clearly trying to find a quieter and less intense spot where there were fewer people screaming at him.

But he also, at several points, gently lifted the boy up onto his feet when he was laying in the water and stood over the boy, carefully holding his hand and watching out for danger.

Harambe used a ladder to carry the boy out of the moat and actually took him to the door that the keepers used to get in and out of the enclosure.

Oh my god, I'm going to cry, this is too much.

The 200-kilo gorilla then appeared to stand over the wailing boy to wait for the keepers to arrive.

And then, when the keepers did arrive, they made the split-second decision to shoot Harambe in the head, killing him instantly.

The little boy was then taken to the local hospital where he was assessed and found to only have minor injuries.

The reason we can be so sure that Harambe didn't want to hurt the boy is because if he wanted to, the boy would have already been dead.

Harambe was 200 kilos.

That's 31 stone of pure gorilla muscle.

As a silverback Western lowland gorilla, he was stronger than any human who has ever lived.

He could have pulled that boy apart like something from a horror movie, but he didn't.

But he also violently dragged the boy from one end of the moat to the other.

By pure luck, the boy was left relatively unharmed.