Pitchou

Sofie Meilvang 09.11.2009

Pitchou
Autor: Archiv Limbe Wildlife Center

When Pitchou was very small, she was brought to Hotel Ilomba in Kribi to be sold, after her mother had been killed by hunters. She stayed there for three days, until the hotel owners could no longer bare to watch her suffer. The family donated her to the LWC.

She was dehydrated, and had bad diarrhea, ringworm and a cough upon arrival. Once her health stabilized and she was wormed, her hair soon came back. Pitchou was named on account of her appearance on arrival, when suffering from ring-worm. Pitchou' in the local dialect means 'spotty'.

Today Pitchou is a happy gorilla. She loves beating her chest and clapping her hands. She has a very funny sound that she uses a lot. It sounds much more as a chimpanzee sound than as a gorilla sound.

Pitchou's best friend is the silverback Chella. She always stays close to him. Pitchou has a strange behavior. She plucks her hair on her front head and on her arms. It gives her kind of a funny look with her bold arms and forehead. Unfortunately she also likes to pluck the hair of Chella's butt. He now has two big bold spots on the butt!

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