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But not the reason you think.

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[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 26 points 5 months ago

Do gorillas kill babies of other animals, monkeys or humans?

I just dont really believe that Harambe would have done anything to that baby.

[-] Ballistic_86@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

In this particular situation, Harambe was causing harm to the child, more of a curiosity but with a very strong and less dexterous creature. I don’t think a wild animal should be held accountable for being themselves. So his death is still bullshit.

There is another example of a child falling into a gorilla enclosure and a female gorilla protected the child from the other gorillas until the zoo staff arrived.

Most males in the animal kingdom are, at best, indifferent to children of other males/species. At worst, they actively kill babies from other males.

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