2019年6月29日撮影

最近はゲンキが歩く時に両手をキンタロウからはなしてる事が増えました。
キンタロウのしがみつく強さが以前より強く感じてるのか、単なる心境の変化なのかはわかりません。
でもこれもつのステップアップですね♪

In the past, Genki always supported Kintaro with one hand when walking.
But from a few weeks ago, Genki increased walking with both hands released from Kintaro.
Also on this day, Kintaro is given milk and grated apples from zoo keepers in the morning and evening.

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I would like to convey that we are thinking about the growth of Kintaro.
Certainly Kintaro's body is small.
We have also been worried for several months and watched him carefully.
But at the moment there is nothing unusual about his health.
He still clings himself firmly to Genki's body.
We think that the cause of Kintaro's body is small, there are several possibilities.

The first is the possibility of being an individual whose body is originally small or growing slowly.
His older brother, Gentaro, is smaller and lighter in weight as he is an 8yearold male gorilla.
But as you all know, he is very well and healthy.
Gorillas have individual differences as well as humans.

The second is the breast milk of genki that everyone is concerned about.
However, Kintaro drinks milk very well every day.
When Genki comes to our side, we can hear the sound of Kintaro drinking milk.
At the moment, there is no evidence that Kintaro is weak, so I have determined that there is not an extremely small amount of milk.

And the last one is Genki's parenting method.
Gorilla mothers often start laying on the floor when their baby is two or three months old, and they often start crawling or walking.
However, even now after half a year, Genki will never release Kintaro.
That's why Kintaro has never crawled or walked.
Because of this, his muscles and other development may be delayed, leading to a smaller body.
In the current situation we believe this is the number one cause.

I don't know how effective it is, but Genki has been given herbal tea for breastfeeding from before birth.
And we have been trying to give Kintaro an apple or other food over the fence.
Kintarou has already had teeth and can eat some solids.
However, because the guards of the genki are hard, it is not easy to put them in the mouth of the kintaro.
We still try our best with trial and error.

And, like the rainy day, when the gorillas spend all day in the room, we are thinking of separating the rooms of the genki and the gentaros.
It is to have Genki and Kintaro spend calmly.
However, we do not do it if it dislikes Genki to leave Gentaro.

Some may think that Kintaro should be artificial nursing.
However, it should not be easy to take the baby from the mother.
When taking kintaro from genki, we need to use anesthesia.
Anesthesia is physically and mentally high risk for mothers and babies.
So we can only make artificial nursing decisions if Kintaro is weak.

I think that what we can do now is to observe Kintaro carefully, promote breastfeeding of Genki, Supply the nutrition of Kintaro, and create an environment where Genki is easy to release Kintaro.
Genki grew Gentaro successfully.
She also knows to carry the baby on her arms and back.
She also knows to let the baby play on the ground.
There are also individual differences in the mother's method of raising children.
We believe in Genki and will support Genki as much as possible.(Google translation)

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京都市動物園(kyoto city zoo)のゴリラ達(gorillas)の紹介をします♪

父親のモモタロウ momotaro ♂(2000/7/3)

母親のゲンキ genki ♀(1986/6/24)

息子のゲンタロウ gentaro ♂(2011/12/21)

赤ちゃん kintaro ♂(2018/12/19)

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