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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...

Stay in the wild so our goal is not to put her in the wild but get her back with a gorilla mother. they have to learn 13 different vocalizations and facial expressions, and lots of rules of etiquette in gorilla society. from day one they're learning a language and social structure and life lessons so in the absence of a mother doing this and unfortunately her mother didn't take care of her but the people at gladys porter zoo in brownsville did an excellent job with gladys until we could come up here with a surrogate mom. until we can get to that point we have to do everything with gladys that ...

This morning and tell gladys everyone here says -- [ groans ] >> very good. you want a job? >> part-time, nights and weekends maybe. thanks, ron. >> sure thing, thank you guys, all right. here's the question, why is this teen spending his spring break living in a box? >> we'll explain this for you and show you other some must see videos from around the country. for the times you need to double-check the temperature on the thermometer, be ready. for high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer. be ready with children's motrin.

You balance the science with empathy and you'd be a cold hearted person if you didn't have some sort of emotional attachment to gladys. >> what if the other gorillas aren't accepting of her? i'm sure you're doing everything gorilla like but as humans can you replicate everything so, could there be a chance she's not accepted? >> fortunately zoos have a lot of experience in this sort of thing, and we've all pulled our resources many years ago and put together a comprehensive baby gorilla sur gas surrogacy protocol, so we're confident and we have about four different females at cincinnati that a...

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...