The Amazing Story Of How 8-Year-Old Boy Who Fell Into A Gorilla Enclosure Got Heroically Rescued By One Of The Mother Gorillas

There are some stories about animals that we read, and we actually have a hard time believing. How can it be true that a man became best friends with a giant fish? Or that a diver helped an itty bitty octopus? Or that a parrot saved the life of a toddler? But these things happen. Against all odds and amazing as they are, these stories are real, and today's story, believe it or not, is real as well.

Many, many years ago, before people were quite as aware of the dangers of taking their kids to the zoo, a boy happened to fall into the enclosure with the gorillas. The boy's arm broke, the public panicked… We have seen this happen, and we know how bad it can get for all involved. But not in this case. In this case, the boy was lucky, because one of the gorillas in the enclosure was a mother, and she decided to help.

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Knowing, based on other stories that we have heard, just how different this specific story could have ended… makes us even more grateful that it did not. Things could have gone so much worse, but instead, we got an extremely wholesome story that we are so glad to see go viral.
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We hope that a historical story like this one going viral will be informative to people - will remind them that animals can be kind and should be given a chance. And also will remind parents to please watch their kids whenever they take them to the zoo.
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