August 1, 2026, Seattle, Washington, USA: Jamani and Olympia, western lowland gorillas (gorilla, gorilla, gorilla), at the Woodland Park Zoo care for their infant sons with a twist: a baby swap…Attendees at Saturday’s All You Can Zoo Event listened intently to the Zoo Talk that explained the story behind the baby swap. Jamani and Olympia were due at the same time, and while Jamani had a normal labor, Olympia had complications. She required a C-Section, a first in the zoo’s 126-year history. The zoo brought in a team of human obstetricians from Swedish Medical Center. While recovering from the surgery, Jamani began caring for both infants. Once Olympia returned to the troop, an intentional baby swap took place with each mother fostering the other’s biological offspring. According to Woodland Park Zoo officials, the cooperative cross-fostering switch has been completely successful. This allowed Olympia’s baby to receive extra human bottle feeding. Both infants are thriving as part of the unified family group. (Credit Image: © Shane Srogi/ZUMA Press Wire)
August 2, 2026, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal: Monkeys, identified as rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) sit around the premises of Swayambhunath, known as the Monkey Temple, one of Nepal’s most significant Buddhist heritage sites and is home to a large population of monkeys that live around its sacred monuments and temple surroundings. The site attracts devotees, visitors, and tourists throughout the year. (Credit Image: © Safal Prakash Shrestha/ZUMA Press Wire)
July 30, 2026, Denizli, Denizli, Turkey: A Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) carries an insect in its beak while perched at the entrance of its nest in a tree trunk in Denizli, western Turkey. (Credit Image: © Dogan Evsan/ZUMA Press Wire)
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