Gorillas are extremely territorial animals, which makes them very dangerous when people come in contact with them in the wild or at a zoo.
That’s part of what makes this next story so incredible. When a 3-year-old boy accidentally fell into a gorilla booth at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois,
the staff was waiting for the worst. Huge gorillas can mutilate or even kill adult males, so you can only imagine what harm a small child can do.
But, fortunately, that day turned out differently. After the little boy fell in, Bint, a 7-year-old female gorilla with the baby on her back, ran to the boy and picked him up.
He then carefully led her to the door of the exhibit so that rescuers could bring her back.
