Gorka the mother of gorilla de costa (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) of Zoo Aquarium in Madrid already has a name for her baby born on March 15. The male, who is very attentive to everything that happens and who rests as comfortably on the mother's arm as you can see in the picture, is going to be called Gaika what does it mean restless in Swahili. In this way, the tradition of finding a name for their descendants is fulfilled with the initial of the mother to identify the family line of this patriarchal species headed by Malabo, the dominant male and father of Gaika.
Unlike the mother's exclusive dedication, the intervention of Malabo in its breeding be Irrelevant until it is about three or four months that will be when the child begins to explore his environment and manipulate objects. From then on Malabo will instruct you in the group discipline through sounds, warnings and gestures that will mark the limits within the group.
In addition, you can see Gaika with her mother Gorka and the rest of the group formed by Malabo, the dominant male, Yuba, his son. There are also other females, Yangu, Coco and Gwet in the facilities of Tierra de Gorilas.
And not only can gorillas be seen because there are also giraffe pups (in the picture) who are already taking their first walks in the African meadow. And it is that the sun and the pleasant temperatures of these days will encourage families to also enjoy the first walks in the meadow of the two offspring of giraffe Rothschild (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi), born on April 15 and 20, 2014, respectively.
Giraffe keepers have chosen two names linked to the African continent, Masai, for the male, and Kenya, for the female. After taking strength in the interior bedroom in their first days of life, the two offspring have been able to meet their brothers Jabulani and Malika and have joined the rest of the species that inhabit the African meadow of Zoo Aquarium in Madrid as zebras, Wildebeest, sitatungas, ostriches, dorcas gazelle and dromedary.
For all of us who want to visit the Zoo and have good views of the African continent of the zoo, we remember that you can use the La Sabana viewpoint to contemplate these animals. Meanwhile we can see the embedded video in which the giraffes appear walking through the meadow with their mother.
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