What a shock, Gorilla Killa Mom is a Jay-sus freak

[Ms. Toad]

151. You have not seen unedited version of the video.

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The portion in most of the news reports shows just what you suggest. I was initially all I could find, and given the wild interpretation of videos by DU in the past year or two, I initially had the same impression as you - that anyone claiming he was at risk was greatly exaggerating.

The longer version of the video that I eventually found, though, shows the child being dragged rapidly through the water by one limb for a significant distance at least twice (possibly three times - hard to tell because the vantagepoint changes). Harambe was not trying to hurt the child - most likely he was moving the child to a place that seemed to him to be less threatened by the screaming crowds.

I think they should have cleared the area faster, and Harambe might have gotten less frantic without a perceived threat. But, directed at the child or not, Harambe's panic/protective instincts were actually threatening to the child especially given the rocky nature of the moat, undetermined injuries from falling 15 feet in the first place, and children's inability to breath underwater.