This Man Introduced His Wife To The Gorillas He Raised, And It Didn’t Exactly Go As Planned

A Special Love For Gorillas

On the estate, Damian was practically raised by a surrogate gorilla mother. He even recalls that once as a child he was stuck in a tree and the gorilla came, put him on her back and climbed down. She even wiped away his tears and comforted him. But despite this warm connection Damian shared with animals from such a young age, nothing could have prepared him for what he would face with a group of gorillas he raised many years later…

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