On Aug. 16, 1996, a 3-year-old boy fell into the gorilla's den at the Brookfield Zoo. A female gorilla, Binti Jua, protected the boy until zookeepers could rescue him.
Binti walked to the boy while helpless spectators screamed, believing that she was going to harm the child; but instead, she picked him up, cradled and protected him, and carried him 60 ft to an access entrance so that workers could safely retrieve him from her. Video: http://youtu.be/UW0a37me_Xg
Think about this for a minute. She was imprisoned by humans, yet she was still intelligent enough to see that an infant human needed protection. That is true empathy. Why can't all humans show her the same empathy?
Binti walked to the boy while helpless spectators screamed, believing that she was going to harm the child; but instead, she picked him up, cradled and protected him, and carried him 60 ft to an access entrance so that workers could safely retrieve him from her. Video: http://youtu.be/UW0a37me_Xg
Think about this for a minute. She was imprisoned by humans, yet she was still intelligent enough to see that an infant human needed protection. That is true empathy. Why can't all humans show her the same empathy?
