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There was once a pregnant gorilla.... (SLAtlantic)
Lovely. For some reason I thought she was going to spin the baby. But if it's OK to come out while facing backwards, then forceps will do. Yay babies!
posted by tilde at 4:10 AM on June 15, 2017
posted by tilde at 4:10 AM on June 15, 2017
I love this part:
"Not only that, but she happened to deliver a gorilla while being 28 weeks pregnant herself. Afterwards, McCurdy returned to the hospital to write up some notes and have a prenatal consultation. Then, she drove home to her husband and her three children."
posted by metaseeker at 4:24 AM on June 15, 2017 [3 favorites]
"Not only that, but she happened to deliver a gorilla while being 28 weeks pregnant herself. Afterwards, McCurdy returned to the hospital to write up some notes and have a prenatal consultation. Then, she drove home to her husband and her three children."
posted by metaseeker at 4:24 AM on June 15, 2017 [3 favorites]
Neat story, and a fantastic photo of the newborn. Was anyone else put off by (and, also, a gorilla) the writing?
posted by Slothrup at 4:56 AM on June 15, 2017
posted by Slothrup at 4:56 AM on June 15, 2017
My first was delivered via forceps and that recovery was a bitch, so my heart goes out to Mom. (Perhaps not really comparable, given that I'm not a gorilla.)
Slothrup: writing didn't particularly bother me—what are you seeing that I didn't?
posted by she's not there at 5:28 AM on June 15, 2017
Slothrup: writing didn't particularly bother me—what are you seeing that I didn't?
posted by she's not there at 5:28 AM on June 15, 2017
“One of the keepers behind me said, You sound like an obstetrician. I said, That’s because I am.”
I want this to be a funny little "aw, men" aside in a human interest piece. But the eyes, they insist on rolling.
posted by Mchelly at 5:50 AM on June 15, 2017 [2 favorites]
I want this to be a funny little "aw, men" aside in a human interest piece. But the eyes, they insist on rolling.
posted by Mchelly at 5:50 AM on June 15, 2017 [2 favorites]
There once was a pregnant gorilla
Who commanded a mighty flotilla
But the date of the birth
Brought confusion and mirth
When the baby was born a chinchilla
posted by dephlogisticated at 11:29 AM on June 15, 2017 [2 favorites]
Who commanded a mighty flotilla
But the date of the birth
Brought confusion and mirth
When the baby was born a chinchilla
posted by dephlogisticated at 11:29 AM on June 15, 2017 [2 favorites]
I want this to be a funny little "aw, men" aside in a human interest piece. But the eyes, they insist on rolling.
Why do you assume the speaker was a man? Most of the staff in the photos is female.
posted by maryr at 11:53 AM on June 15, 2017
Why do you assume the speaker was a man? Most of the staff in the photos is female.
posted by maryr at 11:53 AM on June 15, 2017
Was anyone else put off by (and, also, a gorilla) the writing?
I got caught by "only trained observers can tell that something important is happening," in that church-suit, class-counselor way, like you'd say to a child, followed by "...the miracle of birth" ۶(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
A nice story, though. I've read other accounts of where the vets have stepped back to let (mostly) human-facing doctors in and they're always interesting.
I would like several gorilla babers please.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 12:04 PM on June 15, 2017
I got caught by "only trained observers can tell that something important is happening," in that church-suit, class-counselor way, like you'd say to a child, followed by "...the miracle of birth" ۶(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
A nice story, though. I've read other accounts of where the vets have stepped back to let (mostly) human-facing doctors in and they're always interesting.
I would like several gorilla babers please.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 12:04 PM on June 15, 2017
Awwww, so great. Also that picture of the happy dopey baby gorilla is my favorite, I have a million pictures of my kids as newborns making the same face.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 6:57 PM on June 15, 2017
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 6:57 PM on June 15, 2017
This is great. Lots of human doctors working on gorillas - Zoo Atlanta has a big collaborative project with cardiologists who come work on their Gorillas, sometimes even as far as performing heart surgeries!
posted by ChuraChura at 5:43 AM on June 16, 2017
posted by ChuraChura at 5:43 AM on June 16, 2017
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