Giant Silverback Causes Traffic Stop - Until The Surprising Reason Becomes Clear

Jan 26, 2019

What would you do if you were driving down the road, and you saw a huge male silverback gorilla? Would you stop? Would you turn your car around and go back? Would you hit the accelerator and try to race past him?

A situation like that actually happened recently. There's an area in South Africa that has dense forests. Gorilla families live there, but there are also busy roads that have a lot of traffic that cut through the forests.

One sunny day, a big silverback was hanging out by the side of one of those roads watching the traffic go by. He was tense. He wanted to cross the road, but the traffic never stopped. Trucks kept on passing him on the road.

A camera crew happened to be there that day and saw the silverback. They felt bad for the gorilla because he was unable to get across. After watching him trying to cross the road for 20 minutes, the camera crew decided to help out.

The camera guys stopped the traffic. The beautiful silverback gorilla emerged from the bushes and started walking slowly and majestically across the road.

He was an amazing sight!

Suddenly, he was no longer alone. His family followed him into the road. Some were adults, some were babies, and some were in-between.

The silverback stood still in the middle of the road, balancing on his feet and the knuckles of his hands. He looked like he was king of the road. His family, reassured by his commanding presence, felt safe enough to cross the road to the other side. There were about 12 gorillas in the family.

One of the last ones to cross was a mother who had a tiny gorilla baby clinging onto her back. After all the little ones had safely crossed, the big silverback walked slowly across the road to join them in the jungle on the other side.

The camera crew was thrilled. They shot amazing footage of the gorilla family. They were so close! They loved the way the silverback showed everybody that this was still his territory even though a busy road was running through it.

Watch the video to witness the majestic family:

Isn't that a beautiful story? Gorillas are such magnificent creatures. There are only 700 silverbacks left in the whole world. To help them and raise awareness, show this story to everyone you know who loves animals.