mothers...

[Anna Tortuga]

This gorilla has just lost her baby, and can't let go. How much does a mother, any mother, love.Its amazing.

[Anna Tortuga]

[Anna Tortuga]

in Sydney a baby whale is dying of hunger...she won't eat without her mother...she has mistakenly taken a yacht as her mother, nowhere to be seen..

[Sue]

This thread makes me very, very sad.

[Anna Tortuga]

I know....

[Andiline]

I've read about both of them...

But that's nature... the Gorilla-baby (Claudio) died in a Zoo in Germany (Münster) and his mother's name is Gana.

[Sukidog]

Heart breaking and gut wrentching!

[Anna Tortuga]

I know....but its heartbreaking

Originally Posted by Andiline

I've read about both of them... But that's nature... the Gorilla-baby (Claudio) died in a Zoo in Germany (Münster) and his mother's name is Gana.

[OregonNative]

I was watching this on the news last night and it’s so heartbreaking, makes me so sad

[Tommygurl]

Sad....but oddly beautiful. Too bad they couldn't introduce a new baby as her own....I think Gorillas are too smart for that though....

[Sue]

I have to scroll down super fast as soon as I open this thread because I don't like to look at the pictures.

[Kellyk]

Originally Posted by Tommygurl

Sad....but oddly beautiful. Too bad they couldn't introduce a new baby as her own....I think Gorillas are too smart for that though....

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[u2girlie]

Very sad indeed. Heart-wrenching.

I have to say, as odd as this sounds, it reminds me of when I was pregnant. I had a miscarriage on my birthday. We were going in to hear the heartbeat. When there was no heartbeat, they did an ultrasound and found that the baby had stopped growing. I remember the strange swing of emotions from being so happy walking into that appointment to being so unbelievably sad leaving that appointment (sobbing actually). Then, what I wasn't prepared for was the OVERWHELMING sense of loss I felt that night and the next few weeks. Really, really hard to explain but it was a painful, almost a primordial feeling that you can't really describe in words.

I have to believe that the gorilla is feeling a similar loss that we would feel as humans. I know, I know, I'm applying human psychology to an animal but I've got to believe that mothers share a common experience, regardless of their species (especially apes & humans).

[Sue]

Originally Posted by u2girlie

Very sad indeed. Heart-wrenching.

I have to say, as odd as this sounds, it reminds me of when I was pregnant. I had a miscarriage on my birthday. We were going in to hear the heartbeat. When there was no heartbeat, they did an ultrasound and found that the baby had stopped growing. I remember the strange swing of emotions from being so happy walking into that appointment to being so unbelievably sad leaving that appointment (sobbing actually). Then, what I wasn't prepared for was the OVERWHELMING sense of loss I felt that night and the next few weeks. Really, really hard to explain but it was a painful, almost a primordial feeling that you can't really describe in words.

I have to believe that the gorilla is feeling a similar loss that we would feel as humans. I know, I know, I'm applying human psychology to an animal but I've got to believe that mothers share a common experience, regardless of their species (especially apes & humans).

Oh, I'm so sorry.

[u2girlie]

OK - we need a happy animal story....

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