LONDON -- Brace yourself for a serious overload of gorilla-themed cuteness.
Photos of a very small, very adorable baby gorilla have been released by Bristol Zoo after she was successfully delivered by cesarean section. The operation is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, the BBC reports.
The decision to operate was taken after the baby's mother, Kera, suffered pregnancy complications thought to be associated with pre-eclampsia. The delivery procedure took three hours.
"We really thought she was going to die," Rowena Killick, a vet at Bristol Zoo, told the BBC.
"We couldn't see any signs of life apart from the heartbeat... and then eventually she showed signs that she was going to breathe for herself."
Although Kera and her baby are not completely out of the woods yet, staff at Bristol Zoo have suggested there are some promising signs.
"Kera is still not 100%," Killick said. "She's still recovering, she's eating and drinking and she's started moving around a bit more normally."
