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Woodland Park Zoo on birth watch for pregnant gorilla

By KIRO 7 News Staff

Nadiri, pregnant gorilla at Woodland Park Zoo Nadiri, a western lowland gorilla at Woodland Park Zoo, is officially under a birth watch. The pregnant gorilla is due between late January and early February. (Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren/Woodland Park Zoo)

By KIRO 7 News Staff

SEATTLE — Workers at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo are getting ready for the newest resident to arrive – a baby gorilla.

The baby will be the second for 24-year-old Nadiri, who gave birth to Yola in 2015. Nadiri is due to give birth between late January and early February.

The new baby will be the first between Nadiri and dad, 21-year-old Kwame.

Zoo volunteers will monitor cameras for signs of behavioral changes and a zookeeper is on call in case Nadiri goes into labor overnight.

A gorilla’s pregnancy usually lasts eight to nine months.

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