Day 2

 

 Day two of the habituation period! The gorillas are still not ready for the stand to move up and down, but there was an equivalent amount of interest today! The male was more agitated today, so I was still unable to shift the stand up and down. At the start of the of the 30 minutes I spent there, the gorillas were in three separate groupings so I attempted to spend an equal amount of time in front of each area with the stand and Ipad. Fifteen minutes into the session, the keeper allowed all the gorillas to go back together. After that, I chose to sit in front of one room and the gorillas actually responded better! All of the gorillas except the male came over to check out the Ipad more than they did when the group was separated. This was a super helpful observation and will be taken into further consideration. Yay to another successful day!