It is hard to tell the sex of younger gorillas because until about age 8, males and females tend to be around the same size without prominent sex organs.
Sully, a Columbus Zoo gorilla, was thought to be a male until she gave birth on Thursday COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Zoo recently welcomed a baby gorilla, which helped zoo officials figure out the mother was not a male.
According to a press release, it is hard to tell the sex of younger gorillas because until about age 8, males and females tend to be around the same size without prominent sex organs. Another reason for the confusion was the fact that the veterinarians at the zoo where Sully was born used a “hands-off approach” when it came to her care. Since she was healthy when she was transferred to Columbus, zoo vets did not have to perform procedures that would have required her to be immobile, which would have led to the discovery of the mix-up.
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Ohio zoo thinks gorilla is a boy — until “he” gives birthSully the Gorilla has given birth to a health baby girl, quite to the shock of Columbus zookeepers, who thought she was a boy.
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The Columbus Zoo thought this gorilla was a male -- then it gave birth to a baby | CNNZookeepers at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium arrived to a pair of unexpected discoveries Thursday morning: a newborn baby gorilla and the news that its mother wasn’t a male gorilla.
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Ohio’s Columbus Zoo thought this gorilla was a male – then it gave birth to a babyThe gorilla, Sully, has lived at the facility with her mother since 2019 and was thought to be male until “the gorilla care team discovered her holding the unexpected baby gorilla early Thursday.”
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