Limbe Wildlife Centre

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jul 25 2009 | By: limbewildlifecentre

I want to give you an update on our two youngest gorillas Atinbi and Adjibolo

Our youngest gorilla Atinbi is almost 5 months old now. She is still very dependent on her mother Akiba, and she hangs on her mother’s belly most of the time, but she is starting to get more confident. To start with, Akiba always had to support her with an arm, when they were moving around, but now Atinbi is strong enough to hang by herself. She is often trying to crawl away from her mother, when they sit on the ground, but Akiba won’t let her and always pulls her gently back on her lap.

It is very interesting to follow the development of a baby gorilla. Our keepers have to note down all her developments. Each day it seems like she is growing and getting stronger. Within the last months Atinbi has got teeth and has started tasting the fruit that the adult gorillas are feed. The other gorillas are still very interested in Atinbi and spend hours observing and touching her.

Adjibolo is now around two years old. She came to LWC when she was only about six months old, and very small. Now she is much bigger, and the happiest gorilla you can imagine. She has a big belly, like most of our female gorillas. This morning I was observing her playing in the enclosure, and it is always a pleasure. She loves to swing in the robes, and is quite acrobatic. She spends most of her day playing, and luckily her group is very playful. The two females, Tinu and Abbey still take very good care of Adjibolo.

All in all our two youngest gorillas are doing very well here in Limbe Wildlife Centre.

Best wishes,

Sofie