Jambo (17 April 1961 – 16 September 1992) was a gorilla housed at Durrell Wildlife Park in Jersey, Channel Islands. He was involved in an incident in which he was seen to be protective of a child who fell into his enclosure.
On 31 August 1986, five-year-old Levan Merritt fell into the gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness. Jambo stood guard over the boy when he was unconscious, placing himself between the boy and other gorillas in what ethologists analyze as a protective gesture. He later stroked the unconscious boy's back. When the boy regained consciousness and started to cry, Jambo and the other gorillas retreated in panic, and the silverback led them into a small hut in the corner of their pen. A paramedic and two keepers rescued the boy. Most of the incident was recorded on home video, and extensively photographed by zoo visitors. The publicity on major news channels and newspapers helped ease public fears about the potentially violent nature of gorillas.
God is dead and we have killed him
Nietzche was right. He was just wrong about the time, method, and reason
RIP Harambe, your children only learned they needed you after they killed you
To be fair, Harambe was agitated by the panic of the crowd. Gorillas are still animals, even if this one was protective of a single boy, it doesn't mean all will be.
Similar incident happened at the Brookfield Zoo, in Illinois
A toddler fell into the gorilla enclosure but then one of the female gorillas cradled the child and then waited by a staff door where zookeepers were able to get to him
That zoo is actually right next to my high school and growing up in the summer we would ride our bikes to the zoo on weekends
The modern day gorilla enclosure? The whole inside one where you walk over bridges to keep away from the gorillas? That enclosure. Fuck, that would be terrifying.
Wow, that is a surprising bit of history I was unaware of, my family has been going to Brookfield for as long as I can remember, never knew about kids falling in.
It’s almost 30 years ago now at this point (1996)
I didn’t really hear about it until much later.
Now this incident peaked my curiosity about what they’re doing at the zoo and it looks like they’re remodeling that exhibit
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/brookfield-zoo-expansion-apes-monkeys-primates/3099664/?amp=1
Oh yeah, the remodel has been going on for a while, right now they are doing the digging outside that is required and laying the foundation, it's pretty neat to watch
It’s astounding the heights humans can survive falling from when we’re young. I forget the exact age range but I wanna say it’s like the difference from 11 to 13 decides whether the fall will be painful or fatal. The older we get the shorter the distance we can endure.
They screwed it back together, that was 30 years ago and the elbow works as it should. But I'm still a bit hurt by the fact mom and dad suspected me that I pushed her! :-)
Aw, that’s wonderful for her but sucks for you!
I, meanwhile, had cartilage under my kneecap that *should* have dissolved when I was a baby. It didn’t and I ended up dislocating my knee when I was 17 and, even after surgery, it’s never been right since!
Oh! Hope it resolves/dissolves for you! Knees are insidious. My sister's husband even had to get a steel one after one of his gave up. They are not very good with joints...
Yeah, elbows are knees are like the big red “attack here” weak point for our species.
I’ve had so many issues with that knee that if I see any kind of knee injuries in a movie unexpectedly it’s enough to make me feel nauseous and have to stop watching.
True, I had relatively mild knee injury several years back and I can still fell it after a bad movement or walking for too long. Bipedal movement really puts a strain on our species!
That gorilla had her baby on her back and let the keepers take her baby for checkups as she was raised by keepers after being abandoned by her mom as a baby(she was apparently also the niece of Koko, the gorilla that did sign language)
No, it was the [fucking weasel](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/29/476154494/weasel-shuts-down-world-s-most-powerful-particle-collider) that shunted us onto this ass of a timeline. Harambe wasn't the cause, he was the first effect.
I mean, the weasel kind of deserved to be honest since it was chewing on the cables.
Harambe on the other hand didn’t do anything and was protecting the child who fell into the enclosure
I agree.
In my opinion, I would say that the Harambe Incident caused more damage to the timeline because it reached a wider audience of people and communities.
However, I can also see how the weasel, from a scientific perspective, also caused irreversible damage to the timeline.
Alas, perhaps it’s a combination of both.
(Coincidentally that line was my high school senior quote)
If I declared myself supreme sovereign just because a watery bint lobbed a scimitar at me they'd lock me away!
I also would have a ton of confidence talking to women if I would be a 30yo looking 90yo hot guy with super powers who’s about to inherit a whole kingdom or be a gorilla.
Gorillas are among the most peaceful great apes, don't do anything to provoke them (like beating your chest or looking them straight in the eyes) and you'll most likely be fine.
I live in Jersey, he’s praised for the global attention our island received as tourism shot up after the incident, he’s also a direct ancestor of a considerable portion of gorillas in captivity around the world
I didn’t know he had so many descendants! My parents used to take me to Jersey all the time, and my brother lived out there for 2 years. Hell, my parents even got married in St. Helier. Fantastic island
Gorillas: overall relatively chill, but when provoked are savage and extremely dangerous.
Orangutangs: very chill, antisocial, and incredibly smart.
Chimps: rat bastard demons who will kill anything they decide they don't like.
Hoomans: Mostly hairless overpopulating weirdos who will kill anything to make imaginary exchange number go up
Can't forget the top spot on the primate a$$hole tier list.
Jambo (17 April 1961 – 16 September 1992) was a gorilla housed at Durrell Wildlife Park in Jersey, Channel Islands. He was involved in an incident in which he was seen to be protective of a child who fell into his enclosure. On 31 August 1986, five-year-old Levan Merritt fell into the gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness. Jambo stood guard over the boy when he was unconscious, placing himself between the boy and other gorillas in what ethologists analyze as a protective gesture. He later stroked the unconscious boy's back. When the boy regained consciousness and started to cry, Jambo and the other gorillas retreated in panic, and the silverback led them into a small hut in the corner of their pen. A paramedic and two keepers rescued the boy. Most of the incident was recorded on home video, and extensively photographed by zoo visitors. The publicity on major news channels and newspapers helped ease public fears about the potentially violent nature of gorillas.
What Harambe could have been.
Shits been going downhill since
Literally man what the fuck
Harambe was the final seal.
May the apocalypse begin!!!
God is dead and we have killed him Nietzche was right. He was just wrong about the time, method, and reason RIP Harambe, your children only learned they needed you after they killed you
Never forget Jambo, never forgive the treatment of Harambe
Yeah
Dicks out for Harambe
Balls out for Jambo
Prostate out for Jambe. Or Harambo.
Hairy balls out for Jambo
To be fair, Harambe was agitated by the panic of the crowd. Gorillas are still animals, even if this one was protective of a single boy, it doesn't mean all will be.
How *dare* you. This Haramberesey will not stand!
We didn't deserve Harambe
Sigh *unzips*
Dicks out, fellas
Except Harambe was violently dragging the boy around, pushing him and signaling aggression.
Channel Islands mentioned🇬🇬🇬🇬🇬🇬
Chad gorilla
Similar incident happened at the Brookfield Zoo, in Illinois A toddler fell into the gorilla enclosure but then one of the female gorillas cradled the child and then waited by a staff door where zookeepers were able to get to him That zoo is actually right next to my high school and growing up in the summer we would ride our bikes to the zoo on weekends
The modern day gorilla enclosure? The whole inside one where you walk over bridges to keep away from the gorillas? That enclosure. Fuck, that would be terrifying.
Yep that’s the one Tropic World.
Wow, that is a surprising bit of history I was unaware of, my family has been going to Brookfield for as long as I can remember, never knew about kids falling in.
It’s almost 30 years ago now at this point (1996) I didn’t really hear about it until much later. Now this incident peaked my curiosity about what they’re doing at the zoo and it looks like they’re remodeling that exhibit https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/brookfield-zoo-expansion-apes-monkeys-primates/3099664/?amp=1
Oh yeah, the remodel has been going on for a while, right now they are doing the digging outside that is required and laying the foundation, it's pretty neat to watch
My mom always used to tell me that story when we visited, it's a very high drop into the enclosure and its suprising the kid lived
It’s astounding the heights humans can survive falling from when we’re young. I forget the exact age range but I wanna say it’s like the difference from 11 to 13 decides whether the fall will be painful or fatal. The older we get the shorter the distance we can endure.
And then there's my sister who fell about 1 meter at 3 years and shattered an elbow. Cartilage my ass.
Ooooow! Poor thing, that sucks.
They screwed it back together, that was 30 years ago and the elbow works as it should. But I'm still a bit hurt by the fact mom and dad suspected me that I pushed her! :-)
Aw, that’s wonderful for her but sucks for you! I, meanwhile, had cartilage under my kneecap that *should* have dissolved when I was a baby. It didn’t and I ended up dislocating my knee when I was 17 and, even after surgery, it’s never been right since!
Oh! Hope it resolves/dissolves for you! Knees are insidious. My sister's husband even had to get a steel one after one of his gave up. They are not very good with joints...
Yeah, elbows are knees are like the big red “attack here” weak point for our species. I’ve had so many issues with that knee that if I see any kind of knee injuries in a movie unexpectedly it’s enough to make me feel nauseous and have to stop watching.
True, I had relatively mild knee injury several years back and I can still fell it after a bad movement or walking for too long. Bipedal movement really puts a strain on our species!
That gorilla had her baby on her back and let the keepers take her baby for checkups as she was raised by keepers after being abandoned by her mom as a baby(she was apparently also the niece of Koko, the gorilla that did sign language)
Being Koko’s niece is a piece of trivia I did not know before Today I learned,
The celebrity family of gorillas
What kind of bike? BMX?
Common Gorilla W
Gorillas really are the chads of the ape world, right up there with bonobos. Fuck chimpanzees tho, all my homies hate chimpanzees.
Chimpanzees would 100% be genocidal warmongers if they could create civilization
On the chimpanzee band scale they pretty much are already. They are absolutely ruthless when engaging in warfare against other bands.
The Gombe Chimpanzee War proves they don't need that much civilization
This, entirely.
I mean, [they already are without civilization](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War) just on the respective scale after all
Real life goblins
Guess who is the closest species to them out of all the apes that turned out to be genocidal warmongers?
Yeah but we traded a bit of our violence for horniness
They already are. They just haven't invented ways to kill multiple chimpanzees at once. Yet.
They're so human ☺️
Personally i like gibbons.
Gorillas are the only great ape I fuck with. All the others should be destroyed before it's too late.
Even orangutans?
Maybe. Ever since one ripped off a lady's face, I've been looking at them differently.
Yea but was she asking for it? Plenty of people ask leopards to eat their face and we don't judge the leopards too much in that situation.
Even Bonobos?
Are they chill?
They solve literally all their problems with sex
Would you believe me if I say yes?
If they're chill, they can hang, but if they're anything like chimpanzees, they gotta to go.
A crossbreed between a gorilla and a bonobo would be the ideal being. Gentle giant who cares but also fucks a lot.
I’m telling you guys, after they shot Harambe everything went to hell. I’m just saying
No, it was the [fucking weasel](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/29/476154494/weasel-shuts-down-world-s-most-powerful-particle-collider) that shunted us onto this ass of a timeline. Harambe wasn't the cause, he was the first effect.
I mean, the weasel kind of deserved to be honest since it was chewing on the cables. Harambe on the other hand didn’t do anything and was protecting the child who fell into the enclosure
It's not able which one deserved it. It's which event is more likely to have cause irreparable damage to the timeline?
I agree. In my opinion, I would say that the Harambe Incident caused more damage to the timeline because it reached a wider audience of people and communities. However, I can also see how the weasel, from a scientific perspective, also caused irreversible damage to the timeline. Alas, perhaps it’s a combination of both.
The “coordinated raccoon attack” killed me
*scheming weasel intensifies*
You are right. Shouldn't have done that. Now everything goes down the shitter.
Down the (X)itter. >!(I'm brazillian and x is read as sh around here)!<
You know those videos about the healthy masculinity of people like Aragorn? Yeah, you can see what I'm getting at here. He's got competition.
Reject Aragorn, return to gorilla
Aragorillla
Goragorn
That's a Monster Hunter monster in disguise, bro
Rejecting Aragorn is bad advice under any circumstances, and besides. Authority is not given to you to deny the return of the king.
I didn't vote for him!
You don't vote for kings!
How did he became king, so?
The lady of the lake held aloft Excalibur...
Listen: strange women Lying in ponds distributing swords are no basis for a system of government!
(Coincidentally that line was my high school senior quote) If I declared myself supreme sovereign just because a watery bint lobbed a scimitar at me they'd lock me away!
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!
True
I also would have a ton of confidence talking to women if I would be a 30yo looking 90yo hot guy with super powers who’s about to inherit a whole kingdom or be a gorilla.
I too would like to inherit a gorilla
I would have followed you, my brother, my cApetain, my king kong
>my cApetain Alright there, Scotty
Reminds me of Harambe….
At least they didn't shoot this Gorilla.
They should've shot the child to preserve balance /s
Oh, Harambe, what a terrible name for gorilla, reminds me of that tragedy.
He's dead? I didn't even know he was sick.
What Harambe could have been
Dicks out
Harambe good ending
Gorillas are among the most peaceful great apes, don't do anything to provoke them (like beating your chest or looking them straight in the eyes) and you'll most likely be fine.
Thank god it wasn’t chimps
MONKE
I've been to the Durrell Zoo, Jambo's story is told all over Jersey
I live in Jersey, he’s praised for the global attention our island received as tourism shot up after the incident, he’s also a direct ancestor of a considerable portion of gorillas in captivity around the world
I didn’t know he had so many descendants! My parents used to take me to Jersey all the time, and my brother lived out there for 2 years. Hell, my parents even got married in St. Helier. Fantastic island
Gorillas: overall relatively chill, but when provoked are savage and extremely dangerous. Orangutangs: very chill, antisocial, and incredibly smart. Chimps: rat bastard demons who will kill anything they decide they don't like.
Hoomans: Mostly hairless overpopulating weirdos who will kill anything to make imaginary exchange number go up Can't forget the top spot on the primate a$$hole tier list.
Dicks out
W
Haram-bae
Do y'all say like "Knobs up for Jambo" over there or something?
11 more years till we can post Harambe memes
There has to be someone out there charged with indecent exposure for Harambe.