The baby Western lowland gorilla born at Dublin Zoo in April 2019 was called Asali, which means “honey” in Swahili. Asali has a “big personality” and has already begun to crawl around the habitat, the zoo said. She is “developing quickly” and currently weighs more than 4kg. She has six teeth and is “beginning to show an interest in solid food”.
Western lowland gorilla’s, the subspecies of gorilla at Dublin Zoo, are large primates with black skin and hair, which covers the whole body excluding the face, ears, palms and soles of feet. Males are larger than females and grow silver hair on their back when they are the dominant male which gives them the name ‘silverbacks’.
The western lowland gorilla is the smallest subspecies of gorilla and originate from the mountainous rainforests of West Central Africa.
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