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Video: Mother chimpanzee hugs calf for the first time after birth complications

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Mahale, an adult chimpanzee living at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas, USA, went into labor on the 15th, but suffered complications that forced her to undergo a cesarean section, according to zoo veterinarians. Yesterday, 48 hours after birth, she was able to meet the cub for the first time, and those moments were videotaped.

According to the zoo’s Facebook page, the caesarean section was successfully performed, but the little chimpanzee’s difficulty breathing forced professionals to observe the newborn for about two days.

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Yesterday, he was already returned to his mother under a special name. He got the name Kucheza, meaning “to play” in Swahili, a language spoken in several African countries.

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moment when neighborhood seeing her son for the first time and holding him in her arms was recorded on video and became a hit on the networks due to the emotional response. from chimpanzee????????

He approaches the baby wrapped in a blue cloth, but does not touch it. However, as soon as he moves and raises his arm, she immediately grabs him in a motherly gesture. In a second video, he can be seen sucking on a woman’s breast. neighborhoodlooking at him kindly.

“Well done, neighborhood“, says one of the zoo’s staff in the video.

11/18/2022 21:45

source: Noticias

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