After giving birth to a healthy western lowland gorilla last Thursday, proud mother Bana will be debuting her new baby tomorrow at the Lincoln Park Zoo. We spoke with the zoo’s Curator of Primates Maureen Leahy about what goes into raising a gorilla baby, and what’s in store for the newest member of the zoo.
And since we couldn’t talk about baby animals without cooing over a video, here’s baby and mother already bonding: