Gorilla Afia Seems Unhappy With Choice Of Clothing

This week ( mon + Fri ) I have got two short clips from the Bristol Gorillas from last year. ( Back With Twycross Gorillas next week!)
Afia is wrestling with the T-shirt, well what's left of it. She gets herself all in a muddle and starts to slam the shirt repeatedly. When it starts to rain, she got hold of a jumper, but she isn't happy with that one either.

Gorilla Asante Beats Her chest At Ozala And Lope

In the last video you saw Asante just quietly getting her share of the snow , but when Ozala, Asantes half sister,  creeps up on the site of the climbing frame, Asante starts beating her chest at her and Lope and then moves away from the two. As she is the lowest ranking female in the group it's always hard for her to just enjoy something without anybody else interfering. That's why most of the time she spends her time on her own or near biddy. She just eats and sleeps in the top bed inside. Lope watches what his mum is doing, probably making sure she's not stealing too much snow/ice.

Ozala moves over to the other platform and Lope beats his chest over a little plastic cup he found. I'm just laughing now, trying to write the next bit. I'm not a the habit of filming Lope when he's having a pee, but I just couldn't cut that out. It was so funny.  Him standing there casually with the cup in his mouth and then he just started peeing like he has no care in world. Mind you at least it's all clear not yellow 😁😁! Getting obviously plenty of fluids, but that's no surprise with how much ice he's eating. Just standing there still looking at his mum and finishing his business. Ozala then moving closer ( yes, I know what you're thinking, don't eat that snow where Lope stood lol) . As she gets closer to her son, Lope start beating his chest at her and then he tries to get that big snowball off her, without success. In the end you can see Asante did manage to get he share of the ice, scraping it off the frame and running off when she's finished.

This is the last video winter video of the Gorilla family , as the weather is getting warmer. 

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Gorilla Asante Beats Her chest At Ozala And Lope

In the last video you saw Asante just quietly getting her share of the snow , but when Ozala, Asantes half sister,  creeps up on the site of the climbing frame, Asante starts beating her chest at her and Lope and then moves away from the two. As she is the lowest ranking female in the group it's always hard for her to just enjoy something without anybody else interfering. That's why most of the time she spends her time on her own or near biddy. She just eats and sleeps in the top bed inside. Lope watches what his mum is doing, probably making sure she's not stealing too much snow/ice.

Ozala moves over to the other platform and Lope beats his chest over a little plastic cup he found. I'm just laughing now, trying to write the next bit. I'm not a the habit of filming Lope when he's having a pee, but I just couldn't cut that out. It was so funny.  Him standing there casually with the cup in his mouth and then he just started peeing like he has no care in world. Mind you at least it's all clear not yellow 😁😁! Getting obviously plenty of fluids, but that's no surprise with how much ice he's eating. Just standing there still looking at his mum and finishing his business. Ozala then moving closer ( yes, I know what you're thinking, don't eat that snow where Lope stood lol) . As she gets closer to her son, Lope start beating his chest at her and then he tries to get that big snowball off her, without success. In the end you can see Asante did manage to get he share of the ice, scraping it off the frame and running off when she's finished.

This is the last video winter video of the Gorilla family , as the weather is getting warmer. 

As some of you may know, I'm a photographer as well. My favourite subjects are animals and nature, but also photograph other things like buildings. The only thing I don't photograph is humans :-)

More info on my about page:

http://bit.ly/SloggerVloggerAbout

Thank you.

Gorilla Lope Snacks On A Sheet Of Ice

Gorilla Lope has got himself a sheet of Ice this time. He smells it first, holds it close to his nose and then he takes a big bite. When he turns round, aunt Asante has joined him. He is watching her for a few seconds, Lope is quick to take cover, but Asante is just turning around. Lope decides to walk over to the other platform and starts crunching on another bit of ice.

Polar Bear Cub Nanook

NEW VIDEO: An animal I never featured before, the Polar Bear. Travelling to Germany I had to see Lara the Polar Bear from the Zoom Erlebniswelt zoo in Gelsenkirchen and her playful male cub Nanook. Lara was born in December 2004 in vienna and got moved in 2005 to this zoo. Nanook was born on December the 4th 2017. Here the male cub is getting his energy with mums milk so he's all ready for play time afterwards. He found some plastic ( I assume which contained food at one point) under the tree trunk.  Not sure of what to do with it first, he walks away but later plays with it a little and decides it's better in the water than on land and throws the bit of plastic into the pool. I thought he might jump after it, but he decided against it.

#polarbear #bear #icebear #cub

It's Oumbis The Silverback Gorillas Turn To Enjoy Some Ice

zala is finished with scraping up all the ice, with Shufai on her back and a handful of the ice she’s about to cross on the rope, but Oumbi the Silverback, her mate has the same idea. She contemplates for a second of what to do, but decides it would be better to get out of his way.
Once she’s gone, Lope is approaching Oumbi and he’s not happy that dad is on his platform. He beats his chest at him with Oumbi just ignoring him. Lope manages to get a few bits of ice and then continues to watch his dad eating some too. Lope is beating his chest again and hits the platform. Oumbi moves and Lope is quick to retreat, giving his dad a few minutes peace to enjoy the cold snack. It’s not long before Lope is back with some more chest beats.

Gorilla Lope Has To Share Some Ice With His Mum And Baby Brother

Lope is still loving his ice and he’s not in the mood for sharing.  He’s looking for some more ice scraping it off wood panels and ropes. Ozala his mum and Shufai  are climbing to the top to get some ice as well. When they climb the rope to get to Lope, Shufai seems to slip on the ice of the rope, but he manages to hold on and makes it to the other end.

Lope isn’t happy with the two for coming over , so he runs up to Shufai grabs his arm and tries to pull him off the platform. Shufai manages to hold on and moves closer to mum. The two of them are enjoying their cold snack. When Lope is coming back up again staring at mum and his brother. Mum lets Lope know not to come any closer and chases him off. When Shufai eats the ice, you can just see how big his hand has gotten.

Lope is not giving up and comes back to watch the two. Ozala is watching her Lope coming closer and Shufai uses the distraction to steal some ice off her.  Lope beating his chest, but mum is having none of it and chases Lope away again.