Stop Everything! Zoos Across The Nation Are In A Twitter War Over Who Has The Cutest Animals

SunnySkyz.com ^ | Jan. 26, 2017 | Staff

[Twotone]

Zoos and aquariums across the nation are participating in a #CuteAnimalTweetOff and it might be the best thing that's ever happened on Twitter.

It all started when the National Zoo released a press release announcing the birth of a gray seal pup.

[Twotone]

A very friendly (and cute) twitter war...

[ETL]

Japan's entry is in...

Women flock to Japan zoo to see 'hunky' gorilla

| June 25, 2015 | Associated Foreign Pre

A giant gorilla with brooding good looks and rippling muscles is causing a stir at a Japanese zoo, with women flocking to check out the hunky pin-up.

Shabani, an 18-year-old silverback who tips the scales at around 180 kilograms (400 pounds), has become the star attraction at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya, striking smouldering poses the movie model in "Zoolander" would be proud of.

"He often rests his chin on his hands and looks intently at you," zoo spokesman Takayuki Ishikawa told AFP on Friday.

"He is more buff than most gorillas and he's at his peak physically. We've seen a rise in the number of female visitors -- women say he's very good-looking."

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Japanese women go ape over surprisingly handsome gorilla

By Wilfred Chan and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN
June 26, 2015

A surprisingly hunky male gorilla, Shabani, has female humans going ape after mugshots of the 18-year-old animal began going viral on Twitter.

Zoo officials tell CNN that young women have been flocking to see the pretty primate, who lives at the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/26/asia/handsome-gorilla-shabani/index.html

[Covenantor]

Well yeah...it's a cultural thing.

[ETL]

[ETL]

it's a cultural thing.

We've had women in the US who've gone ga-ga over large apes as well.

[Bratch]

[Hillbilly sage]

Thanks for posting.

[Trillian]

[ETL]

Good cast. Raymond Burr and Lon Chaney.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Have you seen the preemie hippo baby born at the Cincinnati Zoo this week?

[Twotone]

Nope. Got a link?

[metmom]

UGH!!!!!

I can’t stand gorillas.

[ETL]

A hippo baby is receiving critical care from staff at Cincinnati Zoo after she was born six weeks early.

[Twotone]

Poor, sweet thing. Thanks for the pic!