(June 1, 2016 at 1:59 pm)IATIA Wrote: I finally got around to watching the video. The gorilla does not seem to intend any harm to the child. It seems to be treating him like a 'child' gorilla. I think if it intended harm, the harm would have already been in progress and obvious.
Yet it can come unintentionally. They're incredibly strong. I saw a silverback drag some full grown idiot tourist, getting too close to his family, like a puppet. Dropped him after a few yards, but if he intended he could have bashed his head in with hardly any effort.
By the way, these are also incredibly intelligent beings. A few of them have been taught sign language and what they have to say speaks of a high environmental awareness.
As I said, I blame the parents. If you take your little idiots to the zoo, act accordingly and keep both eyes out for them. My parents always did, as I said earlier. There's no way in hell that kid could make it through all the barriers without any chance to stop him.