Gorilla Carries 3-Year-Old Boy to Safety in 1996 Incident

An 8-year-old gorilla named Binti Jua made worldwide headlines when she carried a boy to safety after he slipped away from his mother and climbed through a barrier at the Western Lowland Gorilla Pit at the Brookfield Zoo on Aug. 19, 1996.

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[miameme]

You can see her looking around for someone to help her. The way she keep looking left to right and up, she is trying to find someone. What a smart, lovely Gorilla. More class than some humans.

[the_noodle_thief]

When you run out of news so you gotta go back to 1996.

[Cassxowary]

*she is 31 now and her 17-month-old daughter Koola (who is 25 now) who was on her back the whole time has her own children now, who may have their own too!*

[RocKcs]

TIL she is also the niece of Koko.

RIP Koko :(

[siyacer]

Unfortunately, things went different when another gorilla tried to save a boy.

[quinnr.]

Currently employed at this zoo as security. I close this exhibit often when the park closes and I get to be in there with the gorillas by myself for a bit. When no one is in there and I get to just look at the gorillas it is so quiet and calm. I love it.

[siesiechampion]

Not because she was raised by humans.... It's because she is purely loving

[SethComedyFan]

I was born in 1995. My mom used to create bedtime stories for me from what she heard on TV and this was one of them. She tells me that this was my favorite story and that almost every night I would ask her to tell me this one. Crazy to see the actual new report about it!

[frogtownroad]

“Hey can somebody get this small human?! Guys I’m serious it’s not movin’! This is freakin’ me out”

[Sarasdad]

Gorillas are a lot smarter than people think they are.

[MrSlanderer]

Fun fact: Binti Jua is still alive and well.

[skykc]

So heart wrenching to see that love and protection for a human child. She is a lifesaver.

[sasha]

Harambe would've done the same. The world may never know cause idiot humans killed him

[Oscar-gtkx]

My aunt lived in Chicago and had this news article on her fridge for almost 15 years

[TokinTaylor]

30 second ad, 36 second video. Really? Lol

[davionbledsoe]

I loved visiting that zoo. I 100% recommend checking it out if you haven’t already, and that enclose still looks the same to this day

[Babesinthewood]

A million blessings to that gorilla lady

[brandonhancock]

The boy in that fall suffered a broken hand and cuts to his face.  He spent four days in the hospital and recovered fully.

[jordanTheath]

Gorilla cradles the child
You'll Be In My Heart ♡

[alechiggins]

Gorillas have always seemed like fascinating, intelligent, gentle creatures. Of course incredibly powerful and dangerous if feeling threatened.
Chimpanzees, on the other hand, terrify me. Monsters.