{"id":8346,"date":"2022-11-23T14:24:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T19:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=8346"},"modified":"2022-11-23T14:24:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T19:24:47","slug":"viral-video-shows-chimpanzee-mom-reuniting-with-her-baby-after-2-day-separation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2022\/11\/viral-video-shows-chimpanzee-mom-reuniting-with-her-baby-after-2-day-separation.html","title":{"rendered":"Viral Video Shows Chimpanzee Mom Reuniting With Her Baby After 2-Day Separation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8352\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2022\/11\/baby-mother-chimp_credit-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8352\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2022\/11\/baby-mother-chimp_credit-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A chimpanzee mom has a touching reunion with her newborn baby after being separated for nearly two days due to complications during birth at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas. The chimpanzee, named Mahale, had to undergo an emergency C-section due to complications, leaving baby Kucheza, meaning &#8220;play&#8221; in Swahili, to be placed in the zoo&#8217;s veterinary hospital. The zoo explained that the baby was hospitalized due to having a hard time getting oxygen, but has since made a speedy recovery. After nearly two days, Mahale was finally able to reunite with her baby, and the footage was adorable.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=322&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSedgwickCountyZoo%2Fvideos%2F492332559533758%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"322\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the video, which was posted to the zoo&#8217;s Facebook page, Mahale is seen entering her enclosure, not yet noticing that her baby, Kucheza, is swaddled in blankets in the middle of her room. She appears to take a closer look at what could be in the blankets, but was still unsure of what was there. That was until Kucheza&#8217;s tiny hand stretches out towards her and she finally realizes that it&#8217;s her baby. Mahale immediately grabs her baby for a touching embrace as she is finally reunited with her newborn. In the video, zoo staff can be heard in the background beginning to cry at the heartwarming sight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s one of the most powerful things I\u2019ve ever seen. She knows it\u2019s her baby laying there. The baby is being very still. She\u2019s looking at it like, \u2018What\u2019s going on?\u2019 And once he moves, you see the relief and the love and just, oh my gosh, it\u2019s just amazing. As a mom myself, it\u2019s just, oh my gosh,&#8221; the zoo&#8217;s communications director, Jennica King, told FOX TV Stations.<\/p>\n<p>In the zoo&#8217;s recent Facebook post they said that Mahale and Kucheza are &#8220;doing great.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chimpanzee mom has a touching reunion with her newborn baby after being separated for nearly two days due to complications during birth at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas. The chimpanzee, named Mahale, had to undergo an emergency C-section due to complications, leaving baby Kucheza, meaning &#8220;play&#8221; in Swahili, to be placed in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":8352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiring-messages"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Viral Video Shows Chimpanzee Mom Reuniting With Her Baby After 2-Day Separation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A viral video at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas shows a heartwarming video of a chimpanzee mother being reunited with her newborn baby.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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