Orphan Gorillas

After being kept in a zoo for two years, orphan gorillas are being sent out back to the wild. The gorillas were taken in by a zoo in Africa and nurtured by the caretakers. Can the gorillas make the transition from being in a zoo to the crazy wild? There is a major difference between the zoo and the jungle. In the zoo, they are given food and water, when they go in to the wild; they need to worry about finding food. They would be lucky to get the same portions they do at the zoo. Also, the gorillas will need to fend for themselves from predators. This will be a completely different world for the babies. Gorillas early years are like the humans early life, the children depend on their parents, then they leave. The human parents teach you how to survive in the real world and what to expect. The orphan gorillas will have no idea what to do when they get to wild. They won’t know if the plant they are going to eat is extremely poisonous or not. Psychologically the orphans will need to learn common sense. If I eat this bug, will it bite back? If I step on this branch will it snap? They will need to use their brain to adapt with the other animals and work together to survive in the treacherous jungle. National Geographic magazine