This Elusive Gorilla Did Not Want Anyone Approaching Until They Noticed His Hands Don’t Look

Social Media

Elissa was not the only one filming the event, however, with plenty of her coworkers closing in to capture the heartwarming exchange. This footage had to be shared on social media, of course, and Ape Action Africa shared a phenomenal series of videos on its Facebook group.

The post described the entire touching and intimate moment from start to finish. They summarized this story quite neatly, and the video soon began attracting a large amount of attention. This is not surprising!

Public Adoration

But no one in the Ape Action Africa group’s admin could have guessed that the video would be watched more than 1.7 million times with thousands of comments pouring in! International Facebook users were sending their love and appreciation for Bobo, his bush baby pal, and his sanctuary.

As you can see from the comments, it seemed like people were wising up to how empathetic and caring animals are to one another, qualities that they wished more humans could learn from.