Western Lowland Gorilla Likes to Walk Like a Human

Posted on January 22, 2011

A Western Lowland gorilla at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent, England apparently loves to walk around like a human. The name of the male gorilla is Ambam. The video was taken by Johanna Watson while she was working for a project on great ape locomotion. There is also a photograph of Ambam here on Flickr. Take a look:

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