Eleven-year-old gorilla Gana was holding her three-month-old baby in her arms in her compound at the zoo in Munster, northern Germany, when it suddenly died. Initially puzzled, Gana stared at the body, bewildered by its lifelessness. For hours the distraught mother gently shook and stroked the child, vainly seeking to restore movement to his lolling head and limp arms. Visitors to the zoo openly wept as they witnessed her actions.
She made headlines around the world last August when she refused to accept the sudden death of her three-month old son Claudio.
She carried him around for days then sank into depression at Munster Zoo in Germany.
Hours passed, during which Gana continually prodded and caressed the dead child, to no effect. Baby Claudio is believed to have had a heart defect.But still she refused to give up hope. Gently placing it on her back and slowly walking around the compound, she stopped every few paces to look back and see if her much-loved son had returned to life.
But on Sunday she went into labour again and gave birth to the new tot - whose sex will not be known for two weeks.
A keeper said: "Both are doing great. They've bonded well."
THE tragic gorilla mum pictured hugging her dead baby has given birth again at a zoo.
Gana, 12, is seen gently carrying the new baby in her powerful arms and on her back in these heartwarming snaps.
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