Remember the heartwarming reunion between Christian the Lion and the men who raised him? A similar encounter happened when Damian Aspinall went looking for a gorilla, Kwibi, he had raised and released into the wild.
Kwibi grew up with Damian at his Howletts Wild Animal Park in England. When he was five, he was released into the forests of Gabon, West Africa as part of conservation programme to re-introduce gorillas back into the wild. Now Kwibi's 10 years old, much bigger and stronger. Will Damian find him? Will Kwibi attack him?
Discover more about his work at The Aspinall Foundation. (via Bits and Pieces)
Oh that made me cry. Specially when the gorilla didn't want to let him go.
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Awww that's so moving!
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Friends for life.
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It strikes me as sentimental for the human, but heartbreaking for the gorilla.
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Yeah, seems almost cruel to me. The poor gorilla does not understand why his close friend is leaving him.
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You're like that, but a different reporter that doesn't actually do anything. Never pursuing whole heartedly. So many promises of good film, never a good view. I like the video, but you're ripping it off, and showing it around like....what...Show off someone else's work because you can't do your own. So many promises. Georgia, New York. Try not to.... I'm so mad I can't even continue. FU
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i got something in my eye...
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Clearly the gorilla wants to go back to England, maybe have a pint and some fish and chips.
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I guess he really misses him all these years. Seeing a long lost friend.
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