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In astonishing images, the enduring bond of a young woman with wild gorillas (Amazing video!)
The Daily Mail ^ | 16 November 2014 | Angella Johnson

Posted on 11/16/2014 1:50:43 AM PST by Fenhalls555

They are scenes of extraordinary tenderness – and trust.

The first photograph shows the controversial moment that a father allowed his 18-month-old daughter to play with a 300lb gorilla.

And the experience seems to have taught the little girl, Tansy Aspinall, a lesson in confidence and courage.

The next picture also shows Tansy, now grown up, and yet again putting her trust in the arms of a massive male primate. This time, though, the embrace is the result of a truly touching reunion.

Tansy is the eldest daughter of maverick conservationist Damian Aspinall, and the gorilla she is cuddling is Djala, one of the animals she played with as a child at Aspinall’s Howlett Wild Animal Park in Kent.

During their embrace they rub noses, share kisses and sniff each other in a deep animal ritual. The bond is clearly strong – and made even more remarkable by the fact that this was the first time they’d seen each other for 12 years, after Djala was returned to the wild in 2002.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 11/16/2014 1:50:44 AM PST by Fenhalls555
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To: Fenhalls555

This reminds me of Born Free.


2 posted on 11/16/2014 1:58:50 AM PST by gattaca ("To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven." - Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NKJ))
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To: Fenhalls555

Reckless.


3 posted on 11/16/2014 2:10:45 AM PST by wetphoenix
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To: wetphoenix

Something about the man who started the zoo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aspinall_%28zoo_owner%29


4 posted on 11/16/2014 2:19:55 AM PST by Fenhalls555
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To: Fenhalls555

This is just the type of false confidence that will cause someone to jump into the tiger cage and get eaten for dinner.


5 posted on 11/16/2014 2:32:03 AM PST by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: Fenhalls555

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_Man


6 posted on 11/16/2014 3:20:09 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Fenhalls555

They’ll eventually turn on her and kill her, like all wild animals do. Just ask the Grizzly Man, and those people who have tried to keep chimps as pets.


7 posted on 11/16/2014 3:32:19 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Timber Rattler

Gorillas are more predictable than bears, especially since they won’t consider you a tasty treat if they happen to be hungry. And unlike some try to do with chimps, no one is stupid enough to keep them indoors and make pets out of them.


8 posted on 11/16/2014 3:43:20 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

From an obit about the owner:

“But these triumphs were overshadowed by the deaths of five keepers: two killed by the same tigress in 1980; one crushed by an elephant in 1984; another savaged by a tiger in 1994; and the last trampled by an elephant earlier this year. There were also occasional maulings: of the 12-year-old Robin Birley in 1970; of the model Merilyn Lamb in 1969; of a volunteer at Port Lympne in 1994.”

Check out the result of Robin Birley’s mauling by a tiger:

http://www.statemaster.com/wikimir/images/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Rbirley.jpg


9 posted on 11/16/2014 4:03:19 AM PST by Fenhalls555
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To: wetphoenix

To say the least! Just wait until she takes a mate .. jealousy in the animal kingdom is deadly.


10 posted on 11/16/2014 4:52:03 AM PST by CyberAnt ("The hope and changey stuff did not work, even a smidgen.")
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To: wetphoenix

Yes; bad parenting. The problem with such animals is that if anything goes wrong (no matter how remote the chance), in the end it is a wild animal; if it tears your limbs off due to a bee sting, who can blame it?


11 posted on 11/16/2014 4:53:11 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Fenhalls555

Humans see gorillas as humans. Gorillas see humans as gorillas.


12 posted on 11/16/2014 5:26:33 AM PST by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: Timber Rattler

The Bears turned on Grizzly Man because he was annoying .


13 posted on 11/16/2014 6:18:42 AM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Fenhalls555

“He insisted that his keepers should interact closely with all his animals – a contentious policy that saw five of them killed during the 1980s and 1990s. “


14 posted on 11/16/2014 6:23:00 AM PST by ansel12 (The churlish behavior of Obama over the next two years is going to be spellbinding.)
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To: Fenhalls555

Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!


15 posted on 11/16/2014 6:43:14 AM PST by DFG ("Dumb, Dependent, and Democrat is no way to go through life" - Louie Gohmert (R-TX))
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To: wetphoenix
Reckless.

Stupid, too. These are still wild animals.

We have occasionally seen on the various TV talks shows from throughout the world a wild animal being paraded and suddenly, seemingly for no reason, attack a person.

I used to cringe every time one of those shows had their 'animal' segment. I finally even quit watching.

They are still wild animals. As the scorpion said to the frog: "Its my nature..."
16 posted on 11/16/2014 7:42:26 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: Fenhalls555

Magilla gorilla is amused.


17 posted on 11/16/2014 8:33:55 AM PST by Vaduz
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