@rocketgirlx3: Ndakasi, an orphaned mountain gorilla, died in the arms of the man who had saved her as a baby. Fourteen years earlier, Andre Bauma had held her against his chest through a stormy night. Rangers found her in Congo’s Virunga National Park in 2007, clinging to her dead mother. Militia had shot her mother, leaving the two-month-old infant dehydrated and frightened. Bauma kept her warm all night, and she survived. The orphan was too vulnerable to return to the wild. Instead, she grew up at Senkwekwe Center with other rescued gorillas. Bauma fed her, played with her, and loved her like his own child. In the documentary Virunga, she was filmed laughing as a caretaker tickled her. In 2019, she stood upright beside fellow gorilla Ndeze in a selfie that went viral. After a prolonged illness, Ndakasi’s condition rapidly worsened. On September 26, 2021, she took her final breath in Bauma’s arms, aged fourteen.

sal, Brooklyn :

that's so sad, thank you for taking care of her all those years you have a wonderful heart God bless you 🙏

Christopher :

good job man that little baby love you like his mom and give him 14 years on this earth and have a friend and dad

AuthorsofTkTk :

We should all be so blessed. During her life w this wonderful man and in her time of dying, she knew she was loved.

devonalee2 :

So sad, but then so sweet how she loved him

999nevermind :

Ndakasi R.I.P. you were truly loved! 🥰

Tish Marsh!!!😇 :

Job well Done[Red heart]

BobCarlos808 :

God bless you for loving Ivan ❤️

small one :

oh that must have been like losing your family. ☹️I am so sorry thank you for being there.

Mar Friend :

Aww so sad for both of you

galvestine :

Beautiful

Becky :

RIP 🙏🏻

Connie :

Tears are flowing for that precious animal[Twin hearts][Twin hearts]

Steve Meisner :

😭😢🥺she was loved god bless her

Ginie Shelton :

rwl

Jennifer Swigert :

love&conflicts :

😔

Roberta Ames :

rip 😞

MR. OCD :

😔😔🥺🥺🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏

Auntie :

♥️♥️

Fabulousjuju_ :

❤️❤️

Bobby Taylor :

😢

MM :

🥰🥰🥰

Shannon :

[Crying][Crying][Crying]

Pie :

😢😢😩

Gwen_RN_222 :

💔💔💔