An elderly gorilla that lives at a Pennsylvania zoo has a new companion: a bunny named Panda.
The Erie Zoo's gorilla, Samantha, has been without a full-time friend since the death of Rudy, a male gorilla, in 2005.
But officials say the 47-year-old western lowland gorilla is too old to be paired with another gorilla. So they opted last month to introduce her to Panda, a Dutch rabbit, last month.
The Erie Times-News reports (Samantha and Panda get along well. Samantha will gently scratch under the bunny's chin and share her food).
Officials at the zoo say Samantha has always had a gentle personality. She was hand-raised and was more comfortable around humans even when Rudy was alive.
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but its not sad :S it's d'aawwwinng so hard that it caused itself to cry :P
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