What a cheeky monkey! Hilarious moment gorilla FLIPS OFF two sisters as mother films them at Colorado zoo
- A cheeky gorilla named ‘Bob’ has flipped off two sisters as their mother films them at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs
- The hilarious video was uploaded to YouTube on Thursday and shows two girls standing in front of Bob’s enclosure where the primate is eating a piece of celery
- The 21 second moment caught on camera was uploaded by the girls’ father who said they had been visiting the zoo as a family
- Last year the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo said they were home to five Western lowland gorillas
- The western lowland gorilla is critically endangered but its the most widespread of all gorilla subspecies
A cheeky gorilla named ‘Bob’ has flipped off two sisters as their mother filmed them at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs.
The hilarious video was uploaded to YouTube on Thursday and shows two girls standing in front of the enclosure where the primate is eating a piece of celery.
The 21-second clip was uploaded by the girls’ father who said they had been visiting the zoo as a family.
His wife Amy and two daughters Arabella, 11, Arianna, 9, can be seen trying to introduce the large primate when the funny moment was immortalized.
A cheeky gorilla named ‘Bob’ has flipped off two sisters as their mother films them at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs
‘I’m taking the video now,’ Amy can be heard saying while her daughters eagerly stand in front of Bob’s large glass window enclosure.
‘This is bob,’ Arianna begins before rudely being interrupted by the rude hand gesture.
The two sisters are then seen bursting into uncontrollable laughter before Arianna tells her mother that ‘he doesn’t like you very much.’
The video has been viewed more than 5,000 times on YouTube and was first uploaded to TikTok by the girls’ father.
The hilarious video was uploaded to YouTube on Thursday and shows two girls standing in front of Bob’s enclosure where the primate is eating a piece of celery
The 21 second moment caught on camera was uploaded by the girls’ father who said they had been visiting the zoo as a family
‘While my wife, two daughters, and I were visiting the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, CO, we were taking photos of the girls in front of the gorilla exhibit,’ he said.
‘My wife, Amy then switched her iPhone camera from photo to video and told the girls, Arabella, 11, and Arianna, 9, that she was now videotaping.
‘The gorilla, sitting directly behind the glass that our girls were standing in front of was eating celery.’
‘Our youngest daughter, Arianna, began to improvise an introduction of the gorilla to the camera.’
Arianna’s father explains that the gorilla was likely making the gesture because he was eating.
‘Our girls and I immediately burst into hysterical laughter and on the way home from the zoo, I edited the video and uploaded it to TikTok,’ he explained.
Arianna was trying to introduce the large primate when the funny moment was immortalized
The two sisters are then seen bursting into uncontrollable laughter before Arianna tells her mother that ‘he doesn’t like you very much.’
Last year the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo said they were home to five Western lowland gorillas. The zoo has daily primate training sessions for a variety of behaviors.
Visitors to the zoo can go watch the animals and keepers as they work together – everything from healthcare to having fun.
The western lowland gorilla is critically endangered but its the most widespread of all gorilla subspecies.
Populations can be found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea as well as in large areas in Gabon and the Republic of Congo.
The exact number of western lowland gorillas is not known because they inhabit some of the most dense and remote rainforests in Africa.
Significant populations still exist, including in isolated swamps and the remote swampy forests of the Republic of Congo.