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And she's not our pet. she's a gorilla, primates make terrible pets and unfortunately there's a lot of them out there in people's hands, so that's not the message we're trying to impart here. the message we're trying to impart is gorillas should be with gorillas and that's the day we'll be happiest when gladys goes in with her new gorilla surrogate mom. >> so cute, right? that was ron evans pry mat team leader of cincinnati zoo. march madness roars on, but look who is on tap for next season. coming up, the story of a unique kid from the south side of chicago who is on his way to a program in...

Vest here. tell us about this. >> well, this is one of the faux furs that we've had made for us by a local place called fabulous furs here in cincinnati to help simulate the way a gorilla feels for gladys. >> you eventually want to get a gorilla mother to adopt her. how does this work? i mean, will she ever be released into the wild or is this just a mother in captivity? >> no. gorillas in zoos stay in zoos and gorillas in the wild stay in the wild these days, so our goal is not to put her in the wild but it's to get her back in with a gorilla mother. the day a gorilla is born they have to lea...

At ly at sea world this morning. meet gladys. >> hey, gladys. >> she's 2 months owed, moved from texas to cincinnati, ohio. they're dressing up as gorillas and caring for her as surrogate mothers. >> one of her caretakers the leader, ron evans. good to have you. i see you wearing a snazzy vest here. tell us about this. >> well, this is one of the faux furs we've had made for us by a local place called fabulous furs here in scincinnati to simulate the way a gorilla feels for gladys. >> you want to get a gorilla mother to adapt her. will she ever be released into the wild or is this a mother i...

With her until we can get her up here to go to a surrogate mom, but until we get to that point we have to do everything with gladys that a mother gorilla would be doing with gladys at the right age, very important stuff. >> ron, it means when you go to work every day you are pretty much a gorilla. you are acting like a gorilla mother. what specifically are you doing to mimic a gorilla besides the lovely vest you're wearing. >> that's right. >> we have a team of about ten people that are actually gorilla mothers that are trained to behave properly with gladys, but we wear faux fur vests so she ...