This is the moment a male gorilla rushed to rescue a baby after it fell off its mother's back while she was fighting a rival. But, a fleet-footed young male rushes to rescue her child while the silverback, lead gorilla of the group, tries to break up the argument. A male gorilla rushed to save a baby after it fell off its mother during a fight at a zoo in the UKIn the video, filmed on July 1 at zoo in the UK, the two females are seen howling at each other next to play equipment inside an enclosure. Humans and gorillas are closely related, with their evolutionary paths diverging about eight to nine million years ago. Genetic studies have, however, suggested humans are more closely related to chimps, which they may not have split from until five million years ago.

Source: Daily Mail July 08, 2020 17:11 UTC