Eight zoo-keepers carried
the 20-stone gorilla into a clinic at the zoo after Kera was given an
anaesthetic in her compound, Daily Mirror reports.
The tiny baby gorilla is
the first in Britain to have been delivered by caesarean section.
Prof David Cahill and Dr
Aamna Ali carried out the operation after mum Kera, 11, suffered
life-threatening pre-eclampsia. It was feared mum and unborn baby could die if
she went into labour.
Prof Cahill, who has done
3,000 C-sections on humans, said:
“Along with having my own
children, this is probably one of the biggest achievements of my life and
something I will certainly never forget.
”I’ve since been back to
see the baby and she has fattened up quite nicely. I held her for ten minutes
and that was very special.”
They have an unusually
strong grip and she was clinging onto my finger and my shirt very tightly.”
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