Baby gorilla from Texas finds initial bond with foster mom at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Frederika, the oldest gorilla in the Cleveland zoo’s troop, wasted no time in picking up the infant Jameela. A baby gorilla from Texas, Jameela, was introduced to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in an attempt to bond with a foster mother in hopes of bonding with her foster mother. Frederika, the oldest gorilla in the zoo's troop, quickly picked up the infant, who was born in the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas in early January. The zoo officials noted that Frederika was the first gorilla to pick up the baby gorilla and quickly attached it to foster mother Jameela.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — An initial attempt to introduce a baby gorilla from Texas to the troop at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in hopes it might bond with a foster mother was met with success, according to zoo officials.
Frederika, the oldest gorilla in the Cleveland zoo’s troop, wasted no time in picking up the infant Jameela, who was born in the Fort Worth Zoo in early January, according to an update posted online Wednesday.