Baby gorilla takes his first steps

A three month old baby gorilla has been caught on camera at London Zoo taking his first steps. LINK: Youtube

Gorilla walks like a man!

This is Ambam, a bachelor Western Lowland gorilla at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent, England. He loves to walk around like this!
The video was taken by Johanna Watson whilst she was working for a project on great ape locomotion. LINK, Via: Youtube

David Mach's coat hanger and matchstick sculptures

This giant coat hanger sculpture of gorilla (above left), by artist David Mach, has made the news recently with its installation at London's Royal Academy of Arts new Summer Exhibition opening this week. Mach has been making incredible sculptures out of unusual materials for two decades though.


For example, he created a series of Matchheads, from wooden matchsticks, including the bear above, Buddha, a ram, and a gorilla. Also not to miss is his previous coat hanger sculpture of the female form, titled "Hooker." David Mach. Via: Boingboing

James Gurney's primate portraits

Dinotopia creator James Gurney just posted his 1000th entry on his art blog, Gurney Journey, and to celebrate, he posted a list of his most popular blog entries.

One of them is about his trip to the North Carolina Zoo in 2008, where he drew portraits of the great apes there.

James Gurney's Gorilla Portraits, Via: Boingboing

Baby Gorilla at the Wilhelma Zoo in Germany

Newest newborn gorilla, 8 week old Mary Zwo. LINK

New baby gorilla at the National Zoo

On January 10, a western lowland gorilla was born at the Zoo's Great Ape House to mother Mandara and father Baraka. The newborn represents the seventh successful gorilla birth for the Zoo since 1991.

The newborn joins siblings Kigali, Kwame and Kojo, as well as Baraka's mother, Haloko, at the Great Ape House. All of the Zoo’s gorillas will remain on exhibit. Visitors can see them every day between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. LINK, Via: Flickr