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Just like they would with a mother gorilla, at the same time she lives right there with the other gorillas, they can see her and she can see them, she smells them. we don't raise her in a nursery ward, he's in the gorilla ward, learning how to be a gorilla, the other gorillas get to touch her and smell her through a mesh, an introduction mesh. all leading up to, oh, probably between three and five months when we will actually do the physical introduction to one of the females. >> and i know that's the goal, but after caring for this baby for so many months, i imagine it's going to be difficult...

Gorilla mothers trained to behave properly with gladys. we wear faux fur vests so she can grip, we do gorilla vocalizations, so we have to imitate those sounds so gladys is used to that, and for instance, we'll talk to her in a nice way and it's called a belch vocalization, kind of goes -- and it sounds scary but it's soothing to a gorilla. we also have to teach gladys how to ride on our back, how to cling to our abdomens and ride just like they would with a mother gorilla. at the same time she lives with the other gorillas. they can see her, she smells them. she is in the gorilla area learnin...