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Gorilla Lope from the Twycross zoo climbs up to the platform. There is quite a bit of snow on the ground, but understandably they do prefer the fresh snow on the platforms. He gathers all the snow together carefully. Compacting it nicely with his hands. It isn't very good snowman snow as it doesn't stick together so it's more difficult for him to get a whole chunk as it all falls apart again, but he manages it and why not have an extra snack on the go before going back into the warmth in the typical Lope swagger. It's doesn't take long before he's back out again to get some more. This time he takes his time and even has a sit down with a big chunk of snow in his hand before he goes back inside. Don't forget to subscribe and hit that notification bell for more! Come and browse at my Redbubble Gorilla Merch shop: https://rb-ambassador.pxf.io/Gorillas #ad @redbubble T-shirts, stickers, prints, homeware and much more. For 15% off, visit my website for an up to date voucher code: https://msvrvisual.weebly.com/sloggervlogger.html A small collection of T-shirts and Hoody's is also available at Amazon via my website: https://msvrvisual.weebly.com/amazon-merch.html #SloggerVlogger #UKWeather #UKSnow

Gorilla Lope close-up eating his stick by the hut. His younger brother Gorilla Shufai is on top of the hut. Then the chase begins. Shufai running in a circle on top of the hut and Lope running around down below. When Lope takes a break, Shufai tries to look down to see where his brother is. #SloggerVlogger #GorillaLope #GorillaShufai

Finally, after the lockdown, I got the chance to see Touni's baby boy at the Bristol Zoo. He was born during the lockdown on the 22nd of December 2020, when no one could travel. This month (April 2021), they named him Juni, a combination of his parents Jock and Touni. It took a bit of waiting on the day for Touni to come out, with her little boy on her back and what a handsome fellow he is. There are two young girls in the family, Afia, and Ayanna, and now we have two baby boys Hasani and Juni. You might be wondering how Hasani is. This is Kala's baby boy, but unfortunately, she couldn't feed him properly, so he had to be hand-raised. Hasani is still at Bristol Zoo, but I could not see him, and while I was there, the gorillas were locked in for a few hours. This was so that Hasani could be slowly integrated back to the family. This obviously takes time and isn't done in a day. I'll keep you updated, and if I know something new and if he's back with the family, I will travel down to see him. Juni is holding on tight to his mum. It always amazes me how they can hold on when they're that little, even in their sleep. Touni is certainly giving my camera movements a workout, following her through the bushes and behind the trees, and in the end, she made a dash for the inside, running up those wooden log stairs with Juni still holding on tight, and he seems to enjoy the ride. I can't wait to see all the siblings play together. Oh, my two gorilla rascal girls and two boys, what could go wrong lol. Touni was born on the 12th of December 2007 at the La Vallée des Singes and moved to the Bristol Zoo on the 28.September 2015. Her firstborn is her daughter Ayana who was born on the 22nd of April 2017.

And we're back...... finally, covid lockdown is over and the zoos are open again, beautiful weather and I'm able to show you new footage again. Yesterday there was Willliam the Chimpanzee and today we're back with our favourite family, the Twycross Zoo gorillas. It's nice to see Biddy was the first one out. Even before lockdown, we haven't seen Biddy since before Lope's Birthday in January. She didn't show up for Lope's birthday and the keepers said she was fine, just staying in the back, out of the cold, but you still worry and it's not like her not to make an appearance all day even though she is an older lady. That's why it's especially nice seeing her tucking into the salad and broccoli first thing this morning. Gorilla Lope came strolling out afterwards and sat by the hut. Not for long and he gets back up again, strolling along back to the door, the Lope way. He has a chest beat of whoever sat by the door, which was most likely Shufai his little brother. Lope gets a stick and sits against the warm wall. He seems to have a few more bold patches. Hopefully just because he's playing rough with his brother. Shufai had a mohawk hairstyle before the lockdown, but that seems to have grown back now. He comes from the other side. His upper arms and legs are definitely getting bigger and more musculus. Lope beats his chest at him as he's coming closer. Lope looks in my direction and then back to Shufai. He then throws the stick at Shufai and Shufai looks at him as to say "what did you do that for". He then positions himself in front of Lope, stays there for a minute, Lope just looking at his younger brother. Shufai has a half-hearted chest beat, has a quick look in the window and walks away. Lope is sucking his thumb. A little later Asante, Lope's and Shufai's aunt is coming out into the sun. She sits down with her stick. Don't jump, as Shufai and Lope suddenly come out bombing past her. At feeding time, Silverback Oumbi is making an appearance as well. He seems to prefer the beans, just like the Silverback Jock at the Bristol zoo and leaves the other food. For now anyway. I'm sure he will get to the salad leaves later. The brothers make a quick getaway when their dad comes close. Lope walking upright ones more and again keeping his distance from dad. It is feeding time after all, you wouldn't want to be too close. Last but not least, Mum Ozala on top of the hut, enjoying her food. A shot from later in the evening when you can see the whole family outside, dotted all over the place. Can you spot who is who? The gorilla current family at Twycross consists of 6 members, which are Oumbi, Ozala, Biddy, Asante, Lope and Shufai Oumbi ( 30 June 1992) Sons : Okanda 17 Apr 2011 born at Twycross Zoo, Hand raised now at München Hellabrunn Germany) Lope ( 3rd Jan 2013) and Shufai (24th Sep 2016) both born at Twycross Zoo in England and they are still at the Zoo. Ozala (19 Mar 1994) , she had three sons and one daughter. Ozala's first mate was Ti . Ozala and Ti had Matadi on the 25th of May 2003 at Twycross Zoo. Then they had their daughter Ndoki on the 3rd of May 2007, but she sadly died on the 29th Aug 2007, unknown cause. Matadi is at the Antwerp Zoo in Belgium with his mate Mayani and they had a baby girl called Thandie! ( Don't miss the footage from Antwerp on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXC1aShJSBiWoP6Dq9WJ9iSyKrLU2C89_) Matadi had another baby girl in June 2020 this time with Mambele and she's called Vizaza. Ti died in 26 Feb 2007, the cause of it was a stroke. Oumbi got moved to Twycross Zoo in 2009 to mate with the females. Ozala was Oumbi chosen mate. Asante (6th Jun 1985) is Ozalas half-sister. She hasn’t got any offspring. Biddy is Ozalas Mum as she was born in the wild in 1973, there is no record of siblings or parents. Her offspring are Mambie and Ozala. Come and browse at my Redbubble Gorilla Merch shop: https://rb-ambassador.pxf.io/Gorillas #ad @redbubble designed and sold by rawshutterbug For 15% off, visit my website for an up to date voucher code: https://msvrvisual.weebly.com/sloggervlogger.html T-shirts, stickers, prints, homeware and much more. Don't forget to subscribe and hit that notification bell for more! New videos at least 3 times a week. Thank you for visiting. #SloggerVlogger #SloggerVloggerGorillas

The female gorillas from the Bristol Zoo are having an intense quarrel. They're wrestling and throwing straw at each other. Kala is the newcomer and the females are a bit jealous of her, as she gets on quite well with the silverback Jock. When Kala choose the spot on the hut, Kukena wasn't happy. She climbed on top of the hut and gets close to Kala. Kala starts throwing the straw in the air and they both end up wrestling. Kala then runs away with Kala following her. Kukena climbs back on the hut and so does Kala, but Kukea jumps straight back down again when she sees Kala. Nature can be intense!

Amahoro the Eastern Lowland Gorilla from the Antwerp Zoo in Belgium is on the lower platform makes it look simple reaching for the leaves. She just uses her feet to hold on to the branch and enjoys the leaves. Mambele the Western Lowland gorilla is trying to get to the leaves that are on the edge of the enclosure. She tries a few times, but has trouble to reach over.

Finally, some real snow for the huge Silverback to enjoy. Oumbi, the Silverback from the Twycross Zoo is braving the cold and heavy snowfall to get himself some snow to eat. Gorillas and also other primates just love snow!

Kala, the nine-year-old western lowland gorilla mother at the Bristol Zoo cradles and rocks her baby in her arms. Must see!

Gorilla youngster Koundi got hold of some netting. Probably where the straw has been held in for their semi-outdoor enclosure. Now at the outdoor garden, he's running around with netting having some fun. He loves dragging it behind him, but unfortunately, it gets stuck on the plant. Howletts Park And the sister park Port Lympne wildlife park are both run by the Aspinall Foundation. They are world leaders in breading gorillas, but what makes this special is that some gorillas get released back into the wild! The foundation has one million acres in the Congo and Gabon Africa where they have successfully reintroduced 50 gorillas and celebrated more than 20 births. The foundation has also returned 9 gorillas born in the two wildlife Parks Howlett and Port Lympne. In 2013 they introduced a whole family of gorillas back to Africa. Not only gorillas get reintroduced back to the wild in Africa. Rhinos are relocated to Tanzania, primates to Indonesia, European bison to Romania and Spain and clouded leopards to Cambodia. Just recently two cheetahs Saba & Nairo's moved by The Aspinall Foundation from the UK to a new life in the wilderness of their ancestral homeland of South Africa, the Ashia Cheetah Sanctuary to settle in and prepare for the wild!

Gorilla youngster Koundi, the western lowland gorilla youngster is from the Port Lympne Wildlife Park. He was born on the 12th of May 2016. He has some fun in this video, chasing after the rabbit, but the rabbit is just too fast for him and just hides in the rocks. Koundi has a look where the rabbit went and seemed surprised it's gone. So he huffs and walks off. When the rabbit comes back out, Koundi watches closely from his ropes. You get the impression the rabbit enjoys the chase as much as Koundi, as he just runs towards the gorilla youngster and past him like he wants to tease him. It worked and Koundi started the chase again. Watch the rabbit as it slows down around the wooden barrier like he is waiting for Koundi to catch up. In the end, he does give up and the rabbit happily munches on the grass. Kouni sits on the climbing frame and claps his hands.

Ozala the gorilla mother gets startled by something in the grass. She tries to wipe over it with her arm, which makes Grandma Biddy jump. Ozala is still staring at the grass with her food in her hands and feet. Her eldest son Lope has a quick look as well but then decides to go in. The next clip is of Lope going towards the hut and suddenly moving back, spotting something in the grass. In the third clip, Ozala spots something in the grass and Shufai her youngest quickly decides to climb on mum's back. They both look down into the grass. 4th and last clip, Lope sits at the hut, when he moves, something in the grass stops him in his tracks. The only thing I can think of would be insects in the grass. What do you think?

These are two gorillas of the male troop at the Pairi Daiza in Belgium. They having a bit of a clash, running circles around the tree. They can only be one leader and this gets challenged all the time.

Gorilla Baby Indigo is munching on a carrot. He then approaches Liesel I think, but not 100% sure. In the background is dad Golo ( September 27th 1980 ) . Liesel is not up for playing. When Indigo is just about to touch her, she moves around. His face is so cute. He walks off when dad walks off as well. Indigo was born on the 23rd of December 2017 and is the second born of mum N’yaounda. Dad Golo is also at the Budapest Zoo. Liesel is the oldest gorilla at Budapest zoo and she was born on the 15th of April 1977. #SloggerVlogger #BabyGorilla #GorillaIndigo

Check out this silly bear try to rip down a tree all by himself. Too funny!

After the scary episode, earlier this week gorilla Lope and Shufai are enjoying a run around, chasing each other, they're full of energy. When they sit down, taking a rest, it's Shufai who slings the metal ring into Lope, trying to provoke him to play again. Lope dodges the ring and decides to grab a stick instead. Shufai moves away from Lope, but keeping his eyes firmly on Lope, trying to get his brother to run after him, but Lope is staying put. A little later Lope moved and Shufai is by the metal ring beating his chest at Lope. That does it, as Lope comes running/climbing after his brother. Asante sits on the log and Ozala is sitting in the back. Then Shufai has a little wrestle with Lope before the running starts again. #SloggerVlogger #GorillaLope #GorillaShufai

More of baby Indigo and his play with the ribbon. His name is Indigo. He was born on the 23rd December 2017 and is the second born of mum N’yaounda. Dad Golo is also at the Budapest Zoo. #SloggerVlogger #BabyGorilla #GorillaIndigo

Baby gorilla Indigo is having some fun with the green ribbon on the platform. Indigo was born on the 23rd December 2017 and is the second born of mum N’yaounda. Dad Golo is also at the Budapest Zoo. #SloggerVlogger #BabyGorilla #GorillaIndigo

In this weeks video baby Indigo plays with Gorilla Liesel the oldest gorilla of the Budapest zoo. Liesel was born on the April 15th 1977 in Germany Frankfurt and moved to the Budapest zoo on the 20.April.1989 . Liesel is lying on the floor when Indigo tries to run past. She tries to grab him, but he gets away. Indigo does the same again and this time Liesel manages to grab him and has a play with the baby gorilla.

The staff prepares the room for Lope's 7th birthday. All the ribbons and signs are up with honey placed on top of the gifts. Inside the boxes there are food pellets, salads and vegetables. On the many logs, the staff spread some food that looked like an oat and a peanut butter mixture. Lope is out first of course and goes straight for that oat mixture on the log. Then he takes one of the kong toys and after running around with it, he takes it to a quiet spot up to the top bunk and enjoys the food inside.

Lope and his dance moves. Twirling, clapping, commando roll, swinging upside down. Shufai buds in and beats his chest at Lope, so Lope decides to take a big jump towards Shufai. They having a little wrestle on the floor. Afterwards Lope gets back to swing upside down and Shufai gives me a little knock on the window. When Lope is finished, he seems to walk off in a huff and hits that barrel. #SloggerVlogger #AnimalVideos #GorillaLope

Playtime for Gorilla Indigo in the wood wool. #SloggerVlogger #BabyGorilla #GorillaIndigo

Mayani doesn't take the gentle option when it comes to picking up her daughter Thandie. She always swings her on her back, but Thandie doesn't seem to mind. She just enjoys the ride. You can see that mom cares and always watches the little one. When Thandie is too close to the edge of the rock, she quickly grabs her and moves her away!

Clips from during the day. Oumbi knows what he's looking for and goes straight for the wood wool mount. He just grabs the veg and continued his food search. I think the staff need to do better in hiding the items :-), that was way too easy. A little later, Oumbi is still looking for little tit bits and lets Lope, his son know not to steal his food. Shufai seems to feel quite tired. He made himself a bed. The winter sun shinning. He lies down, stretches and yawns, but something is sticking in his back. He investigates and he finds the big stick. He watches his dad walk past and then beats his little chest. #SloggerVlogger #GorillaOumbi #GorillaShufai

Hopefully everyone had a great Christmas :-) . Lope outside with dad Oumbi clapping his hands. Inside Lope tries to chase Shufai his brother, but got himself in a muddle, TWICE. The next clip little Shufai is biting his big brother, but Lope is gracious enough to just let him carry on. This was a year ago, he grown quite a bit. Outside again, Oumbi is giving little Shufai a nudge and the both move up the rocks. Grandma Biddy does what she does best, enjoy the sun. You can see her white/grey leg quite well in that shot. Lope sitting in the grass, poking at a prickly weed and eating his bark. When mum Ozala sits by the side of the water feature, she just picked out some food from the water ( The only time she goes near the water, when food falls in it) . Lope stares at her in the hope she's sharing. He should know better lol . Shufai dismounting from the climbing frame with his little roll. Lope putting his leg up and has a chest beat with Asante watching. Lope having a rest inside and walking upright outside. There he looks for a comfy place with his wood wool in his arms. Going past Biddy, he settles down on the other site of the hut and enjoys his bark. When he's done, he walks off but not without a little nudge on Biddy's head. The look back at Biddy when he walks back just says rascal all over. Next, a close up o Shufai in the winter sun. Asante outside near Lope without any incident. Back inside Ozala has Lope by the scruff of his neck. Outside Oumbi sitting at the wall, while the females Ozala and Biddy seem both on edge. Oumbi sitting in the grass and back inside Biddy is looking in from the shadows. The two brothers are playing, going round and round in circles. At the end some footage of last year. People donated their Christmas trees to the animals. It makes a great place to hide foot in. Lope and Shufai playing by the trees. Oumbi in the middle of their play. Sweet Shufai at the end. #SloggerVlogger #AnimalVideos #TwycrossGorillas

Lope wants some of the wood wool that's on the bunk, but he goes about all the wrong way. After sitting there for a minute, taking some of the wood wool in his mouth, going crazy with it, he's suddenly having a light-bulb moment and figures out that there is an easy way of getting that wood wool of the bunk. He got a stick as well, but didn't seem interested in it. He fluffs up all the wood, only to roll off it and move on. #SloggerVlogger #AnimalVideos #GorillaLope