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...”You think maybe the gorilla was really trying to kill the child but that due to the valiant efforts of the zoo personnel, he didn’t have enough time? How long do you think it would take a male gorilla to kill a child??”...

Well, I read that the gorilla crushed a coconut with his bare hands. I suppose that little boy’s head would have been much easier to crush. It is depressing to live in a world where a very small percentage of the people humanize animals and demonize people and then get coverage like this to give the impression that they are some kind of huge majority in the US. I am guessing that the reality is quite the opposite. Reality. Now, there is a concept that has escaped the media in this nation for a long time.

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Gorillas are the least violent of all the apes. Some years ago another little boy fell into an enclosure and one of the gorillas actually picked the kid up, cradled him, brought him to the door and waited for the zoo workers. Throughout he kept the other gorillas away from inspecting the kid.

Story below...

” On 31st August 1986, a five year old by the name of Levan Merritt was visiting Jersey Zoo (in the Channel Islands) with his family. Yet tragedy very nearly struck, as Merritt fell 12 feet into the zoo’s gorilla enclosure, and was knocked unconscious as he landed on concrete.

Merritt was in very real danger, with the gorillas in the enclosure potentially seeing the boy as a threat. One of the female gorillas, Nandi, walked towards him, as Levan’s parents looked on in horror.

And then something extraordinary happened.

For Jambo, a then 25-year old gorilla, intervened. He positioned himself between Levan and the gorillas in the enclosure, and protected the boy. More than that, he cradled and petted the boy, keeping him safe until help arrived.”

http://mentalfloss.com/uk/animals/37362/the-gorilla-who-saved-a-5-year-old-boy-at-a-zoo
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Same incident...

“A gorilla rescued a toddler who fell into its exhibit, cradling the boy and protecting it from the other gorillas. It even carried the boy to the door to make it easier for paramedics to take the toddler away.”

http://thestir.cafemom.com/toddler/155936/gorilla_rescues_3yearold_who_fell

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Just ran a search for that other little boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure in 1986 and found this...

‘They made the right choice’ says Brit who was ‘saved’ by a gorilla when he fell into a zoo enclosure aged five

By Hugo Gye for MailOnline
Published May 31, 2016

Levan Merritt, 35, fell into the gorilla enclosure in Jersey Zoo in 1986
He was protected by a giant silverback named Jambo and escaped safe
Says that footage of a similar incident at Cincinnati Zoo sparked memories of his own ordeal
Mr Merritt backs decision of zoo bosses to shoot gorilla dead to save boy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3617401/They-right-choice-says-Briton-saved-gorilla-fell-zoo-enclosure-aged-five.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490