Baby Gorilla Meets Mother For The First Time..Tender Moment Caught On Video

Not all gorillas are scary.

The gorilla born by c-section at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park left a veterinary hospital for the first time Friday and was shown to the gorilla troop’s other members  including her mother.

The unnamed female gorilla was born March 12 via cesarean section and initially showed complications believed to be related to the difficult labor. She received oxygen and supplemental fluids and later underwent treatment for a collapsed lung and pneumonia.

The visual introduction between the baby gorilla and the park’s seven other gorillas the is the first of many steps toward letting her mingle with the troop. The baby is the 17th gorilla born at the Safari Park, and the first to 18-year-old Imani...{mom}.