Prague Zoo was hoping that Silverback Kisumu and Duni would get together to expand the family. Well their plan worked as Gorilla Duni got her way twice and finished off with a love bite from the huge Silverback. Update: Gorilla Duni is pregnant and it's due Dec/Jan 2023/24.
You could feel the tension between the Gorilla Duni and the silverback.
In the hours I've watched the Dja Reserve pavilion gorilla group, Duni was following the silverback around. No bum-slapping this time lol ( Like the Antwerp gorillas), but you could see she was really interested in him and couldn't keep her eye off him. Silverback Kisumu didn't seem that interested at first but he came around in the end, twice! After the second time he finished with a love bite, which Duni wasn't expecting and quickly put her face in her hands. He stopped the biting quickly as a female came charging towards him. I didn't see which female came to the rescue.
Kisumu was born on the May 27th 1997 at the Münchener Tierpark Hellabrunn, Germany. Before he came to Prague on the 10th of September 2022 he was in a bachelor group from the 04.March.2004 until 10.September 2022 at the Zoo Schmiding, Austria.
Duni was born on April 16th 2013 in Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabárceno, Spain and got to Prague Zoo on the 16.September 2022.
Both haven't had any offspring YET.
