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Gorilla at Philadelphia Zoo picks name for baby

Gorilla at Philadelphia Zoo picks name for baby | iNFOnews.ca
This photo provided by the Philadelphia Zoo shows a newly born western lowland gorilla resting on its mother Kira in Philadelphia. Kira had a difficult labor that required medical techniques typically used for delivering human babies. Due to concerns about her and the baby‚Äôs health, the zoo brought in a team from the veterinary and human medical field. After 1 ¬? hours the team delivered the baby, Friday, June 2, 2017, using forceps and episiotomy. (Philadelphia Zoo via AP) A

PHILADELPHIA – A new baby gorilla at the Philadelphia Zoo finally has a name and his mother picked it out.

The zoo says keepers decorated boxes with three name choices and filled them with treats.

Kira, the mom gorilla, went straight to the box labeled “Ajabu” (ah-JAH’-boo). The name means “miracle” in Swahili.

The zoo partnered with the Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo to generate a list of names. The two others were Wasingya (Wa-SEEN’-jah), which means “thank you very much”; and Lwanzo (La-WAN’-zoh), which means “love.”

Ajabu was born this month with the help of a team of veterinarians and medical doctors because of particular health concerns with the mom and the baby.

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