Tilla keeps Mama Bibi quite busy at Zoo Berlin. 🦍🥰 See more of Tilla Gorilla in this ZooBorns curated Playlist!

Alpaca Cria

Welcome to the world, fluffy Alpaca baby! Very brave and curious, Zoo Berlin’s youngest alpaca explores her new environment. The female cria of Mom Jessy and Dad Quito is called Emma and was born in late May.

Reindeer Calf

There’s also a baby among Zoo Berlin’s European forest reindeers. Little Alice was born on May 17 and is now diligently and cheekily exploring her new environment. Did you know, the reindeer is the only deer species in which the females also have antlers?

Zoo Berlin is melting in more ways than one! On the one hand, they can't get enough of their three little baby capybaras and on the other hand, the temperatures are spiking! The three little capys know just what to do. Just one week after birth, they dare to leap into the cooling waters of their exhibit.

Gorillas are the heaviest and largest great ape species. Adult males can weigh up to 200kg and grow to 2m tall. Western lowland gorillas live in family units, consisting of several females and a dominant male, the silverback. They are diurnal and spend most of their time eating. Gorillas eat almost exclusively vegetarian, on the menu are in addition to leaves and herbs, roots and fruits. As "gardeners of the African rainforest", they play an important role in the ecosystem through the distribution of seeds and thus contribute to the preservation of biodiversity.

Want to know more about Zoo Berlin’s gorilla family? Then we have good news: After a two-year break due to the pandemic, the "Keeper talks" at the Zoo are back. These convey a lot of additional, exciting information. The "Keeper talk" with Berlin’s gorillas takes place on site daily at 2 pm.

Then head over to Berlin Zoo. Because there, a one-week-old trio has been exploring the South America shared exhibit on the expansion site since yesterday. Mama Marly and Papa Augustin do not lose sight of the curious pups. After a gestation period of almost five months, the three still nameless capybaras saw the light of day on 16 June.

Tilla the Gorilla was born at Berlin Zoo the night of February 15, 2021. She is the first offspring for gorilla mom Bibi (24) and silverback Sango (17). The extended family has mastered the first year with flying colors. "Tilla has developed splendidly since her birth. Mother Bibi is caring for her offspring and Sango is also living up to his fatherly role," explains district manager Christian Aust. "Tilla is now becoming more and more independent and courageous, curiously exploring every corner of the enclosure and sometimes dangling upside down from a liana."

Tilla the Gorilla was born at Berlin Zoo the night of February 15, 2021. She is the first offspring for gorilla mom Bibi (24) and silverback Sango (17). The extended family has mastered the first year with flying colors. "Tilla has developed splendidly since her birth. Mother Bibi is caring for her offspring and Sango is also living up to his fatherly role," explains district manager Christian Aust. "Tilla is now becoming more and more independent and courageous, curiously exploring every corner of the enclosure and sometimes dangling upside down from a liana."

Tilla, now about a month shy of her first birthday, bravely explores her surroundings and keeps the whole gorilla family on their toes at Zoo Berlin. If the little adventurer climbs too high from Mother Bibi's point of view, the lofty expedition will end early. Slowly but surely Tilla is being trusted more and more. Berlin’s gorilla baby is becoming more and more fearless everyday.

Photos and video: ©Zoo Berlin

Tilla, previously on ZooBorns:

https://youtu.be/1iX_AdLy-bE
https://youtu.be/FpaffLvLENw

Happy Birthday, Sam! Zoo Berlin's bonobo girl turned 1 on October 25th. To help celebrate, we're throwing it back to when Sam was just an infant, receiving tender cuddles and kisses from her mom. There's also a few seconds of Sam these days. See how much she's changed!

Not one, not two, not three, but four little capybaras are currently causing a lot of commotion in Zoo Berlin’s South America exhibit.

What are the sexes of the quartet? Zoo officials will know for sure after the second veterinarian examination in a few weeks. At that time the search for names will begin.

The quadruplets are the second litter for Berlin’s capybaras Marly and Augustin. Lotte, Wilma and Merle were born in April. You can visit Zoo Berlin’s Capybara family of nine at The Zoo’s expansion site.