Gorillas - MEET Freddy, Jameela’s Foster Mom.

This is the 1st video in a series where I have the gorillas from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo tell you a little bit about their backgrounds. This episode is with Fredrika (Freddy).
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Details about Freddy, born at the Oklahoma City Zoo in 1974, both parents were born in the wild, dad in 1960 ,mom in 1963, she was the oldest of 9 children, she spent her first 21 years in Oklahoma, and 17 years at Zoo Miami, she has been at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo for 7 years, she was eleven years old when she had her first baby, had 7 babies in 17 years,
she had 2 boys and 5 girls, first 5 born in Oklahoma, last 2 born at Zoo Miami, her last was born in 2002. Children's names: Ben, Jonesie, Unnamed, Nia, Acacia, Moka, & Alice,
Her third baby passed away before being given a name, 4 are still alive today, pictures shown are from Alice and Acacia,
Alice is at the Little Rock Zoo in Arkansas
Acacia is at the Riverbanks Zoo & Gardens in South Carolina
Nia is at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio, and
Moka is at the Pittsburgh Zoo in Pennsylvania
After Fredrika started to care for Kayembe, her body began to change,
she was able to nurse Kayembe, despite not having given birth to him
The keepers called it spontaneous lactation (hormonal changes caused this).
--In general, gorillas live 35 years in the wild. In captivity they get better food, medical care and have no predators. Life expectancy can range from 50-60 years.
GORILLA CONSERVATION - one of the easiest things you can do to help gorillas is to recycle your cell phone or other hand held electronic device. Recycling electronics helps support gorilla conservation programs. Cell phones and other electronics contain a mineral called coltan (it is short for columbite-tantalite). Coltan is mined in areas where gorillas live. Recycling cell phones reduces the demand for coltan, which helps protect these native habitats. Some estimates report gorilla populations have declined 25% in the past 20-25 years.
The latest update from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo -is from May 29th
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Kayembe was the first zoo born gorilla at the Cleveland Zoo.
Kunda is the second baby born in Cleveland in less then 2 years.
Jameela is the first baby gorilla born via c-section at the Fort Worth Zoo.
Birthdates: Mokolo 7/10/87, Fredrika 6/5/74, Nneka 9/23/98, Kebi 1/13/91/ Tusa 12/2/89, and Kayembe 10/26/21, Kunda 7/19/23, and Jameela 1/5/24.
The Conservation status of the Western Lowland gorilla is “Critically Endangered”.
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