Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) in Kaziranga National Park

🦍 The moment that hit me the hardest at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Gorillas share 98% of our DNA, but it's not the science that hits you, it's the soul. The way he sits, the way he watches, the way he holds space. It's human. It's more than human. I believe this to be Mbeli, a male silverback, born in 2002. He joined the Cincinnati Zoo in 2022, arriving from the Denver Zoo. He was introduced to his new troop, Chewie, Gladys, Mona & Elle. Mbeli became a father for the first time in S