TITLE

Test Tube Gorilla Has Yet To Form Motherly Bond

PUB. DATE

July 2004

SOURCE

Nutrition Health Review: The Consumer's Medical Journal;2004, Issue 91, p16

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports on Timu, a nine-year-old test-tube gorilla, who, according to the officials at the San Diego Zoo, has not bonded with her new daughter. The Western lowland gorilla attended to the newborn for a few hours, but then she lost interest. Timu was hand-raised in captivity, which makes it hard for her to bond with her child, according to Lee Simmons, director of the Henry Doorly Zoo. The baby will be given to a surrogate gorilla in hopes that Timu will learn about the mother-daughter relationship in case she ever gives birth again.

ACCESSION #

17922739

Tags: PARENTAL behavior in animals;  GORILLA -- Behavior;  ANIMALS -- Infancy;  FAMILIAL behavior in animals;  SURROGATE mothers;  ZOOS

 

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