Today I was remembering that when a child I saw on TV a black and white photo of a gorilla who adopted a kitten.
remember much facial expression of the gorilla. Melancholy, aware that he was away from home and family. Embracing the kitten as his comfort and glory of their great need of love.
I wanted to investigate the matter and found interesting things on the internet.
The first thing I found was exactly the history of the gorilla, whose name was Toto (1931 - 1968). His contribution to human heritage showed that non-human animal tended to be of another species.
Toto was adopted and raised as a human child by A. Mary Hoyt. The young gorilla who was orphaned at a hunt in French Equatorial Africa in 1931. Five years
Later, both move to Cuba where Toto takes the kitten and Principe baptized. Toto
never imagined it would be a "pet" Hoyt difficult to care for, and that his destiny was to be sold to a circus renowned for the sole purpose of being able to be the partner of Gargantua, a male gorilla with loneliness and sorrow heavy work in the business circus. The gorillas were not compatible and never had offspring, but the circus still hailed them as Mr. and Mrs. Gargantua. Toto died in 1968 and of Gargantua and Principe something mentioned again. Hoyt
published in 1941 Toto and I: A Gorilla in the Family, a novel that chronicles the life of Toto in the family.
often do not see the gifts they bring those who are suffering and sacrifice.
Tomorrow I will tell you about another gorilla flap that has already adopted three kittens. How amazing are the similarities of the stories and believe me, they are not inspired one another.
tomorrow.
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