Test tube gorilla fails to bond with daughter

[truthpusher]

April 9, 2005, 3:52PM
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Test tube gorilla fails to bond with daughter
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Associated Press
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OMAHA, Neb. — The world's first test tube gorilla is not bonding with her new daughter, zoo officials said today.

Timu, a 9-year-old Western lowland gorilla, took care of her newborn for a few hours after Friday's birth, but then lost interest, said Dr. Lee Simmons, director of the Henry Doorly Zoo.

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Timu also failed to bond with her first baby, Bambino, who was born at the zoo in August 2003. That baby also had to be hand-raised.

The surrogate mother is expected to be Rosie, the gorilla who gave birth to Timu in 1996 through in vitro fertilization, Simmons said.

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