Emotional moment chimpanzee mother reunited with her baby

Nurses at Sedgwick County zoo in Kansas captured this video showing the moment chimpanzee mother, Mahale, saw her baby, Kucheza, after two days. She gave birth via emergency C-section after natural labour stopped progressing.

The Guardian on YouTube:

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[berkeslaw]

You can hear the mom cooing and whining with joy. I cried, how can any parent not?

[cindyjohnson]

This is so heartwarming. The moment the baby reached out the mother embraced it.

[jackapples]

As a parent, the worst feeling in the world is thinking you lost/or could lose your baby. I’m happy for this mama

[hxmimlu]

She looked so defeated when she went into her place and stood there, uneasy, like, “Ok, what now? “What’s the point?”
She was so overjoyed to notice her baby in the blanket. ☺️
What an absolutely lovely, touching moment. ❤

[CrossingRS]

Gosh, she probably thought her baby was gone when she first sat against the wall. Then poof little baby hand said "Right here mommy!" Her reaction and reunion was priceless. 💗💗💗

[suecollins]

If this doesn't make your heart melt, you're not human.

[pattysouza]

When she realized her baby was alive and her excitement to hold her baby is amazing. ❤

[bkrbkrl]

Wow. I'm not crying...you're crying...
The details of this are amazing: she had an emergency c-section and the baby was returned two days later! She felt that loss and knew she was supposed to have a baby. Then, there it was! How beautiful.

[shelovesrainbows]

This is now officially my favorite video on Youtube. The way she rushed to pick her baby and embraced him with such love ❤️ I've lost my mother to cancer and she was just as loving - brings tears into my eyes to see happy moments like this ❤️❤️

[Marypam]

This brings tears to my eyes!!! Nothing in this world compares to a mother’s love for her infant!

[paulsspangle]

Message to the keeper... sweetheart, you're not the only one to be crying tears of joy!

[lindataghon]

Don't tell me animals do not feel LOVE!!!!

[DeepMeditationMusic]

This is so moving. Thank you to those who enabled this mum and her baby reunite.

[BratKat]

I just had to watch this video like 5-6 times because it’s just SO heartwarming and wonderful!! The great emotion that mama expresses in realizing that her baby is ALIVE AND WELL is simply just sooo great to see and I feel for her!!! ❤️❤️💞

[wellingtonsboots]

One can only think about the sadness and pain the mother must have felt before this reunion.

[MrsMarks]

This brought tears to my eyes.
The instincts of a Mother transcends all species.
Thank you for posting.

[Robertonnz]

I'm crying - this is lovely. Really lovely

[janetwilliams]

This is so heartwarming. every time I see this, it touches my heart. More sense than human.

[МиланНиколић-еь]

Mother is a mother, no matter the species...

[b_lee]

It doesn’t matter which channel posts this video, I watch it every time it pops up in my feed. Her stop and stare, moment of recognition, then gasp of joy is so heartwarming.