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Copito
de Nieve (Últimas
fotos)
El
día a día del único gorila albino
blanco del mundo en el Zoo de Barcelona. A lo largo
de cinco meses visité y fotografié a "Copito"
regularmente. A menudo le llevaba algún juguete
de mi hijo, que él miraba con atención.
Le gustó especialmente un yo-yo. A veces, su
cuidador me dejaba acariciarlo a través de los
barrotes y darle un biberón de vitaminas. Copito
reconocía mi voz, un día intentó
asustarme corriendo hacia mí y dando un fuerte
golpe a la reja que nos separaba. Copito es muy curioso.
Le encanta que le duchen con una manguera. Sabe que
es una estrella pero con frecuencia se aburre y da la
espalda a los turistas que vienen a visitarlo. Llegó
a Barcelona hace 42 años desde la selva de Guinea
y hoy es un símbolo viviente en Barcelona.
Snowflake
Last
Photos
The
day-to-day life of the world's only albino gorilla.
I visited and photographed "Copito" regularly
over a five-month period. Often I'd take him one of
my son's toys, which he'd gaze at attentively. A yo-yo
went over particularly well. Sometimes his caregiver
would let me pat him through the bars and give him a
feeding bottle full of a vitaminised drink. Copito began
to recognise my voice, and one day tried to frighten
me by running towards me and hitting the grid that separated
us with a loud thud. Copito is very curious. He loves
to be hosed down with water. And even though he knows
he's a star, he often gets bored and turns his back
on the tourists who come to see him. He arrived in Barcelona
42 years ago from the Guinean jungle and today is a
living symbol of his adopted city. |