An Unusual Brave Man
Onlookers and park officials were terrified for the toddler’s safety, but while he lay unconscious on the enclosure’s concrete floor, an unlikely hero emerged. Binti-Jua, a rare western lowland gorilla, took a cautious approach to the young kid.
The female gorilla delicately took up the boy and protectively cradled him in her massive arms after sniffing the child’s lifeless tiny body. As the spectacular scene unfolded in front of them, the masses sat in stunned stillness.