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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.

Hertha the polar bear cub is absolutely infatuated with the toy ball in her enclosure at the Berlin Tierpark. Even mom can't stop her from playing with it!

All these zoo animals are just so bored with the lockdown that they can't stop yawning. Too funny!

Hairless Chimp Jambo (38) enjoys some snow and ice. A little glimpse of his mother Coco (56) enjoying a little cold snack as well. He started to lose his ear in November 2018, when he had a fight and his mum Coco ripped it. Twycross zoo tried to glue it back on with skin glue, but unfortunately, as time went past he picked on it that much that he lost all of it. His mum is Coco, also a brown chimpanzee was born in 1965. Coco's offspring are Jambo and his half-sister Charlotte. She was born on 28 Sep 1978. Jambo has more siblings at Twycross from his father's side who is William born on the 30th of June 1982, Holly was born on the 27th of December 1982 and Jomar was born on the 28th of December 1990.

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!

The UK Met Office said "there will be no more snow in the UK within decades due to global warming". Well, there is definitely some snow-cial distancing going on with the tiger, arctic fox and even the wallaby as they are really enjoying their winter wonderland at the Dudley Zoo in England.

A couple of close-ups of Jambo from different times. He's sitting on the ribbon showing his teeth. A few of his top teeth are missing, but still quite an impressive set. You may also notice that he has got an ear missing. He started to lose his ear in November 2018, when he had a fight and his mum Coco ripped it. Twycross zoo tried to glue it back on with skin glue, but unfortunately, as time went past he picked on it that much that he lost all of it. As he's just eaten I assume he's got something stuck in his teeth, rather than a tooth problem. It's not like he can just get a toothpick. :-) More on my YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/SloggerVloggerSUB Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/user/SloggerVlogger?sort=views Jambo who has alopecia, a form of hair loss was born on the 9th June 1982. He has a daughter named Genet. A brown chimp with a bald back. His mum is Coco, also a brown chimpanzee was born in 1965. Coco's offspring are Jambo and his half-sister Charlotte. She was born on 28 Sep 1978. Jambo has more siblings at Twycross from his father's side who is William born on the 30th of June 1982, Holly was born on the 27th of December 1982 and Jomar was born on the 28th of December 1990.

Walk with me around the Dudley Zoo located in the West Midlands, England. Showing you around the zoo, the sights and animal enclosures of the animals that you see on my SloggerVlogger YouTube channel. Dudley Zoo is an urban zoo with a 40-acre site and it opened its doors on the 18th May 1937. As a very old zoo, it still has the original buildings called Tecton which were erected by Berthold Lubetkin's Tecton Group. As they are listed buildings getting planning permission and keeping them up to date was very difficult, but they did manage to get permission and the work should have started this year. Unfortunately with covid everything had to be delayed. So it looks all a bit tiresome and as I did the timelapse in the winter it all looks a bit dull as well. They already improved a lot of enclosures over the last few years and more improvements are planned. Like a new Orangutan and Gibbon enclosure. Which they already raised nearly 700k for. Some areas are locked off because of covid, so I can only show you the parts of the zoo that are open at the moment. You will also see the Dudley Castle, a ruined fortification within the zoo. Hopefully, you'll enjoy this timelapse and subscribe for more. I'm in the process of doing a Twycross Zoo Hyperlapse, but as people know me from the SloggerVlogger channel, I spent most of my times at the gorillas, so it will take a little more time. Hit that notification bell and as soon as I've got the next video done you will be notified. I will do another time-lapse of Dudley zoo when everything is in full bloom and hopefully the covid restrictions on where I can go are gone so that you can show you more of the zoo. If you've got any questions, suggestions or want a closer look a something let me know in the comments below. Thank you.

I've got some footage from the #SnippySnappyBikers that I've edited. As travelling is limited during the covid-19 pandemic, it makes a nice change to get some different footage from a country that I normally love to visit. In this video hyperlapse you'll the the Kürbisfestival ( Pumkin festival) In Bad Lippspringe with all the pumpkin dinosaurs and this lovely park. Filmed By #SnippySnappyBikers Edited by #SloggerVlogger #GoProHero9

Showing you in this hyper-lapse the Roman Site in a village called Wall near Lichfield, Staffordshire England. It is located on Watling Street (A5), the Roman military road towards Shrewsbury and North Wales. A cold but beautiful early morning, just after sunrise. Walking through the site, stepping back in history to the time of Ancient Rome with a visit to this archaeological treasure. In the background the St.John the Baptist Church.

Visiting the Chasewater Country Park located in Staffordshire. Some drone footage to start with for an overview of the reservoir. The crazy golf course, mini castle, the locomotives that go around the water and of course the animals like deer and birds. It covers 360 hectares, including 90 hectares of water. Chasewater provides the Canals with essential water to maintain levels in the Birmingham Canal Network, and beyond. Chasewater prints, canvas, home decor and much more at: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/rawshutterbug?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=509725

These animals can't help scratching themselves when they've got the itch. Check it out!

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

This funny giraffe is from the Prague Zoo. It seems to have something stuck in its teeth and is trying to get it out with that huge tongue that can be as long as 50cm!

William from the Twycross Zoo is making faces in front of the window after seeing his reflection in the camera . He even picks his nose! William is still one of the chimpanzees from the second group that is separated from the main group (Jambo's group). The zoo is still working slowly on the two groups to become one group.

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.

Likemba is going after another youngster who snatched her baby from her. She tries to keep up but the teenagers are just too quick. Baby Lola hangs on tight to the teenager that balances on the top of the climbing frame, with another youngster following the two. It all looks quite hectic and scary for the little baby Lola (eleven months old). Poor mom even slips on the top log while in pursuit. She manages to hold on to the log and kept chasing the youngsters. Back down the bottom she finally caught up with the teenager and as gentle and timid as Likemba is, she got her baby back.

This is Basuki from the Twycross Zoo. Check it out as he plays with a cardboard box better than any cat could. Normally Basuki annoys his little sister Kayan, but today this box seems more interesting. In case if you are wondering why he is bald, well he was born with it, unlike his sister who has beautiful long hair.

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?

Hertha was born at the Berlin Tierpark in Germany on the 1st of December in 2018. She was named after the local football club Hertha BSC. This week she can't get enough of that ball and the ribbon during a hot day. Awesome!

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