In 1996, an unidentified 8-year-old boy slipped away from his mother, climbed over a barrier, and fell into the Gorilla Enclosure.
Due to the 20 ft fall, the boy broke his hand and suffered a deep laceration to his face. Seven gorillas inhabited the enclosure. Gorillas are known to be fiercely territorial animals.
They will fight to the death to defend their families. However, one of the gorillas, called Binti Jua, meaning “daughter of sunshine” went over to the boy and cradled him in her arms, all while her own young child was on her back.
She then went over to the edge of the enclosure and waited for the zookeepers to come and collect the child.
Binti handed the child over peacefully before returning to the rest of the gorillas. Binti received worldwide praise and received regular treats for the next few weeks.
The boy and the mother have never been identified, but the boy did stay in a hospital for 4 days.
Animal behavioral experts claim Binti used her maternal instincts to look after the child. This may have been influenced by the fact that she had her own baby Gorilla with her at the time.
@secretcloud322 This is not what happened. Atty. Lacson handed him the mic. It was not grabbed from Zena. And during sorties, priority ang physically present candidates hindi ang mga reps b
@advenjairos Were you at Ceboom? If you were then you know na hindi totoo yung sinasabi nila. Me version pa yan na nag away sila ng former Cebu City Mayor Tommy Osmena, eh bakit magkasama silang nagdinner sa Uma?
Yung sa Pampanga, he was cut short, sino matutuwa nun?
@jinsspace_ He was cut short. Di pa nakakapagbigay ng plataporma pinatunog na agad yung jingle. Sayang naman. Sayang ang pagkakataon natin na marinig ang mga dapat nilang gawin for the next six years.
@richellekris Naku, he was cut short during his speech. Dapat hindi ganun kasi di pa natin naririnig ang plataporma nya. Remember this is 6 years of our lives. Dapat marinig natin ang kanilang mga pwedeng magawa pa.
@nabunturanguy @cochengitim @ngalanko2 Sabihin mo yan sa mahigit 100+ chairman ng red cross na nag elect sa kanya. Teka, me voting power ka ba sa red cross? Responder ka din ba? If so, magvolunteer ka. Ikaw na lang. Nakakapagod din bumuhat ng mga nahihimatay noh