Baby gorilla Jameela: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo shares new update [Video]

CLEVELAND — Baby gorilla Jameela, recently transferred to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo from the Fort Worth Zoo in a fostering effort, is continuing to bond with surrogate mom Fredrika, or “Freddy,” Cleveland Zoo officials said in an update Wednesday.

“It has been going really well. Freddy picked her back up, she’s putting her on her back and letting her ride on her back…and she’s carrying her,” animal curator Dr. Elena Less said in a new video update from the Cleveland Zoo. “As the day progressed, we started to see a lot more bonding between Freddy and Jameela. She was carrying her almost all of the time, putting her in nests, and setting up nests for her and laying next to her, and then we were so excited to see Jameela nursing from Freddy. We’ve seen …