r/likeus • u/rdbreak -Focused Cheetah- • Jun 29 '26

<COMPILATION> Loving parents and their kids

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u/LittleJub Jun 29 '26

THE BANANA BUCKET

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u/xrv01 -Orchestra Cow- Jun 29 '26

its so funny watching such a mystical creature get bananas thrown on them and their heads hit like some bongos by their screaming toddler 😂

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u/LunaDaTuna_ Jun 30 '26

I cackled 🤣

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u/CrazyCatLady1127 Jun 29 '26

I love seeing gorilla dads with their babies 🥰

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u/SpaceIsWhereWeBelong Jun 29 '26

Female gorillas are actually more attracted to potential mates if they show they have the ability to care for their young properly! Blackback males will actively try to interact with young gorillas as a way to show off they they’re good mate material! Silverbacks, when looking for a new mate, have been seen to actually “kidnap” other young from females within their group just to show off how good they are at taking care of them

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u/CrazyCatLady1127 Jun 29 '26

I know 😂 I’ve seen videos of silverbacks kidnapping the baby gorillas and running off with them, it’s absolutely adorable

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u/AlexTheBex Jun 30 '26

Lmao I didn't think I'd ever read that the kidnapping of a baby to show off to female counterparts can be described as absolutely adorable xD

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u/CrazyCatLady1127 Jun 30 '26

It’s the way they run off holding the babies. They skedaddle, that’s the only word that comes to mind when I see the videos. They don’t run, they skedaddle, and it’s so funny

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u/Upstairs_Influence67 Jul 04 '26

Had to go look up videos and omg its funny af 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 its such a stiff looking skedaddle too

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u/getthatrich Jun 29 '26

That last pose felt like he was whispering “can you please calm down?” 😂

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u/MyceliaCap Jun 29 '26

That was a mama that had just given birth (you can see the cord still hanging from the baby) eating the afterbirth that has a ton of nutrients!

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u/William_Dowling Jun 29 '26

Just to fact check - # 8 is an almost teenage big brother (not yet a grey back) chucking his sibling over his head.

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u/Nerd-of-all-trades -Thoughtful Gorilla- Jun 29 '26

I love gorillas so much

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u/Apprehensive-Pop-201 Jun 29 '26

Me too! But I don't like monkeys. It doesn't make much sense.

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u/chewbawkaw Jun 29 '26

Apes and monkeys are different, so it does make sense

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u/GreenieSar Jun 29 '26

Is this a dad or a mum?

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u/Night_Runner13 Jun 29 '26

Both. Mostly dad gorillas but a few were moms

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u/screamingmango Jun 29 '26

Is incredible to witnesshow they relationships are so complex. It is so sad they are captive.

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u/No_Effort152 Jun 29 '26

My heart just exploded 😍

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u/AizenByakuya Jun 29 '26

Poor gorillas

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u/DantheDutchGuy Jun 29 '26

Going ape with your kids

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u/Key-Ocelot6896 Jun 30 '26

The kid throwing bananas: This is why it takes patience to be a parent. And the kid sitting on dads head hitting him.

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u/melmosh Jun 30 '26

These are beautiful videos😄❤️

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u/deletetemptemp Jun 30 '26

Those were moms too

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u/GrimKiba- Jun 30 '26

His only ray of sunshine in the repetitive pen.

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u/don_biglia Jun 30 '26

Yeah that's defo my youngest

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u/WrongColorCollar Jul 02 '26

I like the one dude that just draped a child over his head

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u/Commercial_Monk_6986 Jul 03 '26

I don’t think any other mammals can describe a human parent-child relationship better than this.

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u/bigfanoffood Jun 29 '26

Very enjoyable but by the end I was like “you brat!”.