[nopardons]

My kiddo IS an "expert" in primate behavior and whilst this beautiful animal showed NO signs, none at all ( he didn't exhibit any of the signs of anger nor "fight" behavior ), he was a 400 lb. wild animal, far stronger than many humans all put together, and could have hurt the child by misjudging his strength. OTOH, we'll never know, since he was killed.

Both male and female primates are usually VERY gentle with their babies and treat them with care; us included.

[Sopater]

My kiddo IS an "expert" in primate behavior and whilst this beautiful animal showed NO signs, none at all ( he didn't exhibit any of the signs of anger nor "fight" behavior )

Perhaps, but he was dragging that kid around by his ankle through the water and if it had been my kid, I'd have shot the gorilla myself before anyone could have dialed 9-1-1.

[jmacusa]

Thanks for the info. As I said to another poster here I did a bit of research on gorillas and found that overall, even in the wild they are not an outwardly violent or aggressive animal and often they takes pains to avoid contact even with others of their kind. The males do that by elaborate threat displays, false charging attacks and vocalizations and will use violence only as a last resort. In the case of humans they much prefer flight to fight.