Heartwarming moment Mary tenderly feeds her one-week-old daughter

Mary, who lives at the Busch Gardens wildlife park in Tampa, Florida, gave birth to a little girl on February 6 at 8:30pm.

Images of the 27-year-old new mother capture her feeding her one-week-old daughter and admiringly looking at her in her arms.

Jeff Andrews, vice president of zoological operations for Busch Gardens, explained that the first month will be the critical period as Mary and the infant begin to integrate into the current gorilla troop.

Mother gorillas spend a lot of time tending to their newborns, which are tiny compared to powerful adults and weigh just four pounds.

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