Haramb's Life Case Study

But Harambe was born and raised at Cincinnati Zoo. This specific gorilla had no wild instincts whatsoever. He doesn’t know what it’s like to be in the wild and experience a true intruder. He does have natural gorilla instincts but because he was born and raised in the zoo he is technically very calm for a silverback gorilla. I believe the zoo could have taken another route originally when the boy fell in before Harambe had gotten near him.

First of all, born on July 4, 1971, was a female western lowland gorilla. What’s so important about this gorilla? Well, this gorilla was special, of course nobody knew she was special when she was born, but as she got older, people started realizing how special this gorilla was. Hanabiko, it means fireworks child, due to her birth date. Hanabiko, better known as Koko the Gorilla, started her life at San Francisco Zoo with a life-threatening sickness at a young age. She had to be separated from her mom. Francine “Penny” Patterson is an animal psychologist and was visiting the zoo

What do you think the author meant by ‘With Gorilla Gone, Will There Be Hope for Man?’ quote at the end of the story? (Comprehension)

Willie is a gorilla that was taken from his home and was sold to Zoo Atlanta. One of the claims, they showed the readers is that the zookeepers wanted the animals to feel as comfortable as possible. “Willie’s keepers wanted him to be happy. They hung an old tire from a wall of his cage...” (Nirgiotis, 1) The zookeepers want Willie to be relaxed because he’s going to be in the public eye. Another claim is when the zoo made a new home for Willie that looks like his natural habitat. And because of this new change Willie would exercise more and be amused, which was good for the visitors in the zoos. “That year Zoo Atlanta opened the Ford African Rain Forest, a brand-new home for Willie…” (Nirgiotis, 1) And the zoo didn’t want Willie to be lonely so, they got a group of other gorillas to be with him. “Three other gorilla groups share Zoo’s Atlanta’s African Rainforest enclosure with Willie’s family.” (Nirgiotis, 1) With other gorillas being there with Willie, he would feel like he’s in his habitat with animals that he’s familiar

After about 10 minutes, he is abruptly bothered by the youngster who is running on his knuckles towards the male and runs back up the hill as if he is taunting him. The youngster does it about 3 mores times within the next 7 minutes and perches upon the hill in the same position as the silverback, except he is bended at the knees in squat position. In my second visit, I return to the gorilla exhibit for about 10 minutes to see a female unknown if related to the previous observation in submission. She is found crouched to the floor with her elbows on the ground and hands extended out and her butt perched up. Her hind legs are also bent and position to help support her butt. Three minutes upon observation, a silverback male comes running on his knuckles from another part of the exhibit and mounts the female. He positions himself on his knuckles to provide him support and continues with the sexual intercourse, in which I conclude my observations.

Stan Rice describes how these monkeys are carefree and they live their lives authentically. While the two friends are watching the monkeys they experience moments that would typically be considered private for humans. Rice writes: “And then there will be those moments we are embarrassed/and

Finally, after six months of seeing nothing, Sambeggar and Fossey found a group of gorillas nosing their ways through the thick underlay of the forest. As Fossey stares in amazement at the beautiful group of gorillas, the lead “silver back” spots them. He begins to charge at them. Fossey and Sambeggar retreat through the woods and escape the huge “silver back”.

I decided to look at the sexual behavior of bonobos because they are known for their frequent sexual behavior. Though they are not one of the types of great apes mentioned in the book, a bonobo is nonetheless a great ape that belongs in the same genus as the common chimpanzee. Furuichi et al. observed bonobos in their naturalistic habitat in Wamba, Democratic Republic

When Jax was in the tree a group of Archy monkeys kidnapped Jax. After, a while Jax starts going out and swings on vines for fun. Bob shows up and says “how many animals are you going to sacrifice for a human”. After they put the kids to sleep, the apes started a conference and the other apes are saying “we should take him back to the humans”.When Zara heard about what they were talking about,and she said “I am not giving up my kid” in

The first reason why I think Harambe shouldn’t have been killed is because he was used to the presence of humans. He was born in and raised in captivity, and he was with a zookeeper at least once a day. This shows that he wouldn’t have harmed the little boy.

Gorilla, My Love," by Toni Bambara, demonstrates how adults often undermine children and do not take them seriously due to the adults automatic assumption that because they are younger, they are also uneducated; therefore unable to be on the adults level of maturity and intelligence. One way that "Gorilla, My Love" shows how adults undermine children is when the wrong movie played in the theater. Hazel was with her friend Big Brood and Baby Jason and they start booing once a different movie played than what was expected and the guy

Thinking about O’Connor writing this, leaves me to imagine him wanting his readers to go back and actually realize that he used the character of a monkey. It’s obvious to tell in the tone of O’Connor that since the children ran toward the monkey, it is rare for people to have one as a pet. It’s the opposite of a dog in the sense that when people see a dog they don’t chase after it usually they just walk up and pet

Chimpanzees portray their emotions through a number of facial expressions and mannerisms. Just like humans, they undergo mood swings, jealous rages, and laughter. For instance, Goodall observed during her research that a male gorilla “would threaten [me] with an upward and

Dian helped us connect even more to the foreign primates by focusing on the different habits of mother, baby, and adolescent gorillas. Giving each gorilla a name, Fossey helped us almost humanize the animals through her vivid descriptions of their personality and behavior. She showed us that gorilla mothers protect, care for, and discipline their infants. Gorilla babies develop much the same ways humans do; acquiring skills as they age. Adolescents can be just as curious as they are mischievous. Fossey's work helps replace the image of the gorilla as a ferocious animal into one that is kind, gentle, and more human-like that we had never known.

The gorilla, fighting after the manner of its kind, struck terrific blows with its open hand, and tore the flesh at the boy’s throat and chest with its mighty tusks.” – Burroughs, p. 42