Well, gorillas “don’t have prominent sex organs” and males and females look mostly alike until around age 8, the zoo said in the release, noting it’s only later in life that males develop their large size, silver backs and distinctive head bumps.Īlong with the hard-to-distinguish features, veterinarians at the zoo where the gorilla was born took a “hands-off approach” with their care and allowed the primate to be cared for by its mother, the Columbus Zoo noted. The Buffalo Zooīuffalo Zoo in New York welcomes four newborn lion cubs All cubs were born to their mother, Lusaka and father, Tiberius.
On June 2nd and 3rd, the Buffalo Zoo's African Lion Pride grew when they welcomed the birth of four active lion cubs.