Video
The Leaps of Hercules

December 18, 2015

If you put a kid next to a puddle with time to kill, it might turn out something like this.

This is Hercules, a baby gorilla filmed by WCS researchers at Mbeli bai in the Congo. The video was originally published on the Mbeli Bai Study's blog.

Among the many gorillas that visit the bai, Hercules is a researcher-favorite owing in part to his fluffy coat.

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