Sedgwick County Zoo staff share story behind viral video of chimp’s birth
By KAKE
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11/18/22 (KAKE) — Mothers, especially, are relating to the power of a mother’s instinct watching this mama love her baby.
The ending all Sedgwick County Zoo staff wanted was achieved, but the path to getting there was a little different.
“You never get to see animals behave like that and to see that intuition take hold. Once I saw that we all thought it was a gem we caught on video,” says Dr. Heather Arens, a veterinarian at the Sedgwick County Zoo.
It’s a reunion that’s gone viral, viewed more than 10 million times on social media platforms.
“It could not have been more emotional and that mother’s intuition, you don’t see that every day, or even with humans every day,” says Dr. Arens.
Proof that a mother’s instinct goes beyond one species.
This emotional ending had a stressful beginning.
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