That was not Harambe.
You are thinking about Jambo the male Silverback who actively protected a child who fell into the gorilla enclosure in 1986 on Jersey Zoo.
There's actually multiple instances of gorillas helping kids that get in the enclosure, which is why Harambe is so tragic.
He could've been just another gorilla trying to do exactly that, but we gauged his body language, the (unintended) violence the kid was facing from being dragged around, and also male gorillas are more dangerous, so for all we know, we shot an innocent gorilla that was just waiting for the zookeeper to show up.
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u/PapaTahm 8h ago edited 8h ago
That was not Harambe.
You are thinking about Jambo the male Silverback who actively protected a child who fell into the gorilla enclosure in 1986 on Jersey Zoo.