article_snippet.sent: But the one-year-old ape found love at the third time of asking with second surrogate mother Maggie at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo, and has today been pictured cuddling up to the experienced mother ahead of the one-year-old ape first public outing this weekend.
article_snippet.sent: the pair immediately showed signs of intimacy, but zookeepers still faced a tense wait to see if the elderly orangutan would take on full parental duties.
article_snippet.sent: : Keepers said: 'On his first day out his was wide eyed and a bit amazed.
article_snippet.sent: We saw many joyful reunions those first few days as they separated and found one another again'
highlights_snippet.sent: Keepers were concerned pair might not bond, but ten months later Keepers have formed an inseparable connection .
  