New Calgary Zoo gorilla is a boy

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A western lowland gorilla baby was born at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (Courtesy Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo)

By Lauryn Heintz

Posted Jun 2, 2023 10:50 am.

The newest member of the Calgary Zoo’s gorilla troop is a bouncing baby boy.

The zoo announced the news on Twitter Friday, adding the African Rainforest Building is now open for small groups to meet the new addition to the troop.

Western Lowland Gorilla Yewande, 15, welcomed the baby on May 25.

It joins dad Jasiri and one-year-old half-sister Eyare, alongside three other female gorillas in the zoo’s habitat.

This newborn is the 11th of this critically endangered species to be born at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo.

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