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hlthe2b

(113,947 posts) Mon Apr 16, 2018, 07:18 PM Apr 2018

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the very BEST thing today!

15 year old gorilla Calaya gives birth to her baby boy Moke and showers the newborn with kisses.

Moke is the first male western lowland gorilla born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in nine years.

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the very BEST thing today! (Original Post) hlthe2b Apr 2018 OP

Far more human than someone I could mention, showing love like this Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #1

Isn't that the truth....! hlthe2b Apr 2018 #2

So tender! Such love! FuzzyRabbit Apr 2018 #3

Awwww... Upthevibe Apr 2018 #4

The instincts are incredible. Knowing to hold the babies head, blowing into their mouth. Fla Dem Apr 2018 #5

Eliot Rosewater

(34,285 posts)

1. Far more human than someone I could mention, showing love like this

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 07:28 PM

Apr 2018

hlthe2b

(113,947 posts)

2. Isn't that the truth....!

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 07:43 PM

Apr 2018

FuzzyRabbit

(2,217 posts)

3. So tender! Such love!

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 08:56 PM

Apr 2018

Upthevibe

(10,180 posts)

4. Awwww...

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:38 PM

Apr 2018

Thank you for posting....

Fla Dem

(27,633 posts)

5. The instincts are incredible. Knowing to hold the babies head, blowing into their mouth.

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 11:29 AM

Apr 2018

Beautiful animals.

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