Irish Times = Gob****es

Bluefoam · 14-04-2011 9:37am #1

They went to the trouble of writting an articles about the sex of a gorrilla... a story they've been dragging out for a couple of weeks. Then when they write the article they never state the gorillas sex...

Gob****es...

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0414/breaking9.html

Dublin Zoo to reveal sex of baby gorilla
The most closely guarded secret at Dublin Zoo will be made public this morning when keepers reveal the gender of its newest star.

The baby “western lowland” gorilla, yet to be named, was born last month, weighing just 1.81kg.

The infant joined a band of five gorillas at the zoo, which includes two siblings; Alfie, who was born in 2003 and Evindi, who was born three years later.

The baby gorilla was “cradled non-stop” by its doting mother Lena that even keepers were initially unable to identify the baby’s gender.

The gorilla’s father, Harry, a 24-year-old silverback, weighing an impressive 205kg, is said to be keeping a protective eye on his new charge.

The gorillas are due to be moved from their antiquated enclosure in the main section of the campus to a new rainforest habitat in the African Plains area in September.

The western lowland sub-species of gorilla are classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

The number of these impressive ground-dwelling primates is estimated to have fallen by more than 80 per cent in the wild as a result of commercial hunting and the highly contagious Ebola virus.

AnonoBoy · 14-04-2011 9:40am

But they don't know the sex yet, so how can they include it in the article?

Are we a bit grumpy this morning Bluefoam?

mrsdewinter · 14-04-2011 9:45am

Bluefoam wrote: »

They went to the trouble of writting an articles about the sex of a gorrilla... a story they've been dragging out for a couple of weeks. Then when they write the article they never state the gorillas sex...

Gob****es...

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0414/breaking9.html

The non-disclosure of the gorilla's sex is the least irritating thing about that article.

WTF is an "impressive ground-dwelling primate"? Someone's been subbing with the help of auto-thesaurus.

themadchef · 14-04-2011 9:46am

Do you have a teeny tiny gorilla obsession perhaps?

Boy \ girl, it was a wonderful achievement for the zoo.

snickerpuss · 14-04-2011 9:47am

Eh, it says Dublin Zoo will release the information 'this morning'. (i.e- after the paper is out) It's actually really clear.

seamus · 14-04-2011 9:50am

The title of the article is "Dublin Zoo to reveal sex of baby Gorilla".

More coffee for Bluefoam, stat!

It's also a male Gorilla.

AnonoBoy · 14-04-2011 9:57am

seamus wrote: »

It's also a male Gorilla.

Ah for gawd's sake seamus! SPOILERS!!!!

Bluefoam is going to be furious!

The_Minister · 14-04-2011 9:58am

mrsdewinter wrote: »

The non-disclosure of the gorilla's sex is the least irritating thing about that article.

WTF is an "impressive ground-dwelling primate"? Someone's been subbing with the help of auto-thesaurus.

...it's always awkward when people give out about other people using words that you consider to be absolutely banal.