WATCH: Emotional moment as mother chimpanzee reunites with baby
Updated | By Etienne Bruwer
Get your tissues ready. This video of a mother chimpanzee being reunited with her baby had us in tears!
A recent video shared on social media shows the moment a mother chimpanzee is reunited with her baby.
Nurses at Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas captured the emotional moment and shared it on social media.
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According to The Guardian, the mother chimpanzee birthed her baby via emergency C-section after the natural labour stopped progressing.
Kucheza, the baby chimp, wasn't breathing well after the birth and had to be kept in the zoo's hospital where the medical team looked after him.
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After two days, Mahale saw her baby for the first time and her reaction was the most wholesome and emotional thing we've ever seen!
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