Laura Parker

Gorillas are, I think, even more exceptional than humans in their ability to work with one another.

And the males do a great job keeping the group calm, supporting the mother.

But it's really up to her.

You know, gorillas, they're not like lions or other species that can share the burden of child raising.

It's, you know, the mother nurses alone and carries the infants alone.

We don't want to over-anthropomorphize this, but it's really such an amazing event.

And even when you're observing them, when you see the video, just how calm the mother is.

I think there was a video posted on our social media today even showing the mother with, you know, the two babies in her arms and then she's caressing a juvenile next to her that seems to be quite curious.