uses Binti Jua as an example of empathy in animals. There are many other examples of animals (especially primates) demonstrating apparent altruism. In a situation very similar to Binti's, a male gorilla named Jambo, of Jersey Zoo, protected a 5-year-old child who had fallen into his enclosure. Jambo was not trained to care for children and was raised in captivity by his own gorilla mother, so his actions may have involved an instinctive sense that the child needed his help. Similar behavior has been seen in chimpanzees who appear to comfort each other after an attack or other trauma. See also Harambe Jambo List of individual apes References External links Are we in anthropodenial? 1988 animal births Individual gorillas Individual primates in the United States