> Date:    Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:38:49 -0800
> From:    Suzanne Bowes <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Gorilla Mom Story? 
> 
> I have heard this urban legend about the mom gorilla that was raised in captivity and didn't know how to BF her baby.  W/ her second pregnancy, LLLI was brought in to BF in front of mother to assist her in learning the "womanly art of BF".  Anyone have a creatable reference to this?
 

I, too, posted about this 3-4 years ago and was not able to get any credible 
references other than a paragraph in the book: So that's what they're for 
(which wasn't referenced). 

I still would like to find a credible reference for this 
sounds-like-it's-true story becuase I think it can have a powerful effect on 
human moms' expectation of themselves. 

Has anyone ever contacted the zoo and asked? 

Mari Douma, DO

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