Watch The Moment A Huge Gorilla Plays Peacefully With A Very Small Bushbaby

By Robin Andrews
05 SEP 2018, 09:34

Cameroon’s Mefou Primate Sanctuary – owned by non-profit primate conservation group Ape Action Africa (AAA) – is home to Bobo, a western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla, seriously). Although still widespread and numerous compared to other gorilla subspecies, they are still listed as critically endangered, with poaching, disease, and habitat destruction culling their numbers by 60 percent in the last quarter-century alone.

Bobo himself arrived at the sanctuary in 1996 after his parents were killed by poachers for meat: a sadly common tale. He is one of many primates kept under the protection of this animal sanctuary, and those that run the site have gotten to know them all fairly well.

That’s why it’s always a treat when one of them surprises the researchers and conservationists – this time featuring Bobo and a ludicrously tiny bushbaby. Although not the first time a larger primate has taken a liking to a smaller one, it’s hard to deny just how adorable this latest pairing is.

It cannot be overstated how small these nocturnal critters, better known by their genus name, Galago, are. Whether you’re talking about the two-bags-of-flour-heavy thick-tailed bushbaby, or the impossibly adorable, tin-of-tomato-soup-light lesser bushbaby, they aren’t exactly what you’d call sizeable.

More:
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/watch-the-moment-a-huge-gorilla-plays-peacefully-with-a-very-small-bushbaby/