ADORABLE Baby Gorilla- abandoned by Mom adopted by CIncinnati Zoo.

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How adorable is she?
Who wants to volunteer to hold her?

"Ron Evans, head of primates, and Head Nursery Keeper Dawn Strasser went to Oklahoma City last weekend to spend time with Kamina and her caregivers before bringing the baby back to Cincinnati.

Kamina came to Cincinnati on a private jet, held by Evans and Strasser. "She was in our laps the whole time. It was incredible." Evans said. "You cannot put a gorilla that young into a crate like you could with an older animal."

The non-stop holding is a vital part of the human surrogacy program. The bond between a mother gorilla and her baby is intensely close, so infant gorillas need to be held and loved. It needs to be part of their growth process even if their own mother cannot provide it."