I am a writer, and consider myself to be fairly good with words… but there are times when words aren’t enough…

During our Mother’s Day outing to the San Diego zoo, we went to the see the gorillas. I was hoping to get some pictures of the new baby, but the big males were out… this is one reason I need to go back again. That is one of the teen males, taking a stroll.

All of a sudden, one of the big silver back Silver Backs started heading towards me.

He came and sat down right at the corner of two of the windows. Turning your back is not considered rude to a male gorilla. He came close to us, which showed he wanted to be friendly. But adult male gorillas are very careful about eye contact, because too much eye contact is considered rude. So he was being both friendly and polite.

He sat there with such dignity. I can’t describe it. Occasionally he would turn his head and glance into my eyes, just for a brief moment. I couldn’t even take a photo of that. It would have been a violation of this moment. I felt such a bonding that I was moved almost to tears. So were all the other people lucky enough to be there at that time.

To anyone who kills any animal for fun or sport… all I can say is… fuck you… just fuck you… (sorry, I know I just violated my family-friendly blog rule)…

Then he lay down to take a nap… and believe me… I could relate to that too…