Two keepers were left in an enclosure with Elmo, a male silver back gorilla, at the Fort Worth zoo! 

“Ma’am you forgot your bucket… ahh well… I tried”

He's clearly protecting his territory, but there's a level of trust in his relationship with the Keepers that can't be ignored here. He could have easily gotten through that door before the first gal could have dreamed of being able to shut it. But he just stood there and stared at her.

Seeing the whole video finally made sense instead of the 2 short clips

He was just like Hey, you forgot your bucket, lady. 😊

He seemed more alarmed than aggressive,or he would have come directly for the first keeper. Instead, he hits the box to make noise to scare them,then halts to get a good look at the first keeper. He then checks for the second one but heads for the window and turns his back to it. That was him getting both in a position for him to see clearly,turning his head back and forth. The thing is, at that point, he's not turned toward he second keeper,he moves, and she ducks behind the tree. He looks for her then,knows she's there,he knows where everyone is. Then he turns and runs along the wall to the corner. He did that to herd the keeper to the door because he wanted them gone. At any moment, he could have easily gotten ahold of either of the keepers. He could have run the second one down easily before she got to that door. Instead, he goes for the white bucket looking for chow. I don't think it was a territorial thing as much as a surprise and his reaction. But also a territorial response. Because he first time he stopped to look at the keeper in the door,he put a tree in between them,as protection. Once he saw who they were,he he recognized them,he knew what they smell like,ect. Otherwise, I'm betting that if it was a stranger, he would've come for them. When I would see it as a territorial threat. I wonder if he had ever seen them in there before,and it freaked him out,lol

somebody doesnt work there anymore

I had a cousin who worked at the Detroit gorilla enclosure for about 30 years, and got to know as well as possible, and said he'd NEVER want to be face to face with one. The strength they have is so incredible, even if they liked you they could hurt you.

Wer ist auch von Robert hier, weil man endlich mal das Video sehen will 😂

Glad they're ok but it's so clear how intelligent gorillas are

When all the silverback wanted to do was return the bucket to the zookeepers, Reminds me of that spongebob episode... "its free balloon day..."

Lord please don't let the battery die on my phone while I'm recording this

The Zoos practice if an animal escapes but, do they practice if a zoo keeper is in pen with the animal? Zoo keepers here did an excellent job! Thanks for sharing! God bless the person - Praying for it really helped! The Zoo Keepers - deserve a big raise! Remember at evaluation time! By the way - Here is your bucket of food!

Somebody gonna get fired!

he said "can i go free now ? i did good right? cmon please"

I don't know anything about Gorillas but he was returning the bucket .😅😅

What’d he do with the bucket after? For some reason I feel like he put it infront of the door like “You forgot this!”

He was alarmed by the actions of the two keepers. He showed restraint. Had he wanted to harm them no one could have stopped him. The parents did well to get the kids away from potential stressful situation they may see. Head Keeper you are fired.

Big respect to the first zookeeper who drew all the attention to herself to distract from the second zookeeper, the gorilla was always focused on her. Many would have closed the door in fear. She knows her job, brave, great experience, life saver, give her a leadership position you won't get a better employee. Also very well filmed, always in the right place. What an intense scene

May the people who prayed for those keepers be truly blessed 🙏♥️

I don't think I'd ever get comfortable enough to not physically check if the wildlife is put away before enterin

They look scary and strong he wasn't going to hurt that zookeeper their not that way he was just observing the situation I've never herd a gorilla killing someone ever at a zoo

He could give a crap about the zookeepers. He sees them every day. And remember, he's not a tiger. He doesn't stalk prey or eat meat. He eats bamboo shoots.... maybe lettuce. And he looks like he's guarding the zookeeper from the people behind the glass.

1:44 gorilla thinking: 'why my friends are scared'. Come up with idea that it might be because of visitors behind the glass because they usually behave violently. Gets courage, scares visitors, saves friends whom he considers part of his family. Remember, only 10% of human beings in whole world have "self awareness". Whose 90% have more neurons than gorillas so they can process deeper cognitive functions than gorillas, but not deep enough like whose who have cognitive functions such as: "cognition", "perception", "empathy", "morals", "unconditional love", who are "reciprocal altruists", etc

The Lord did nothing to help here. These people studied the science of animal behavior and knew what to do. The end.

He is a good boy! Obviously he sees that the woman on the left wants to the scared woman. He looks to her and back and then he gives the woman on the left enough space to get to her. And them he gives them the box back. Like.... but you need this? He is very kind.

Elmo was a good boy. he was just trying to play. no aggression at all

All I could think of was the scene in bad trip where Eric Andre ends up in the gorilla exhibit

He’s a sweetheart he don’t want to hurt anyone aww

He just wanted to play hide and seek

That was nothing but experience, knowledge, training, calmness, composure, and intelligence. God had absolutely nothing to do with this. Well done to the Zookeepers, they knew exactly what to do and were always in control.

God had nothing to do with it, gorilla understood the situation. He wasn't happy and let them know it. He also got out of the way so she could leave, he even came around the tree forcing her towards the door. He knew how to get her out of his area.

Lady? You left your bucket!

“I think he smells her but I don’t think he sees her”

"Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord." Yes. That's what Elmo was sayin.

Someone’s fired

Gorillas rarely attack humans in the wild, why should that change in captivity? Anyway, very careless of the staff to let that happen.

In a prison somewhere in the US. But add like 2 million more

Power of prayer? it's called dumb luck.

they were never in danger if the gorilla wanted they would be in pieces

AWESOME!!!

Crikey .. it’s an Irwin 🤨

They're lucky He was as surprised as He was pissed 😂

The lady praying was so moving bless her. I’m also thankful the Gorilla was not shot or harmed 🙏❤️

Let's just hope these aren't the same two who are in charge of cleaning the tiger exhibit (in fairness, I don't know who was responsible for the obvious screw up though; it may not have been one of them). Luckily, Elmo was just (understandably) very confused and perplexed, and by nature isn't prone to aggression if otherwise not threatened. A tiger? Not so much.

Get em elmo

Im confused I be seeing some zoo keepers be in the cages with the silverbacks playing with them and saying that they dont attack humans. Then i see some videos of zoo keepers acting like the gorillas are chimps and can attack them at any moment

God or the Lord or whatever you want to call it had F all to do with helping , the zoo keeper remained calm and composed and that's what kept her safe

No eye contact and don't run, just walk

Excuse me! Excuse me you dropped your bucket! W.t.f! 😂

Gorillas will never attack a keeper that take care of them thats strange!

All he wanted was the bucket, but you keepers had to add so much drama.

I think the zookeeper also knew what she was doing. But, I’m surprised there isn’t a protocol that gets put in place when something like this happens? People may get stuck in there from time to time. Isn’t there a procedure to follow to save lives? This zookeeper was on her own.

Amen 🙏

Estas trabajadoras tuvieron bastante suerte 👍

Omg would you shut up with the “thank you lord, thank you lord , thank you lord.” Get real would ya?!

Elmo's world.

What’s with this lady and her chanting…like that’s really helping rather than being just plain annoying.

Soooo it's going to be a bit awkward in the lunch room

How?

In 2008 in the Netherlands Bokito, a silverback, escaped in a zoo where he first seriously injured a woman who visited him daily and then went on a rampage in the restaurant, scaring the #### out of the visitors. So they can be quite dangerous.

Cesar said Nooooo…..

Don't attack people!

Thank you to the woman that prayed.

That lady that was praying.. I'm not much for praying or religion. But i'm pretty sure I was praying with her. I also know, I was actually in my head. Telling her to keep doing it and not to stop. That is 1 video that had me holding my breath and absolutely horrified that Elmo,( That's the wrong name. That is no tickle me Elmo) would hurt somebody. I don't like Zeus, but I'm also aware that without them. And without sanctuaries, many of these breeds would become extinct by human hand. I wonder why he was so upset today. Once again, it's people that cause these things.

Gorilla gave escape to the second girl bur somebody is simply fired because nobody was hurt

frendly gorilla was just returning the bucket

Tickle me Elmo!!!

Average day on the streets of Chicago

He's just trying to play catch and kill. I'm on Zoo's animal side.

How? HTF does this happen? Freaking insane

His gorilla friends dared him to scare them

This is what happens when Texans can't access PHub.😢

Do people actually say...oh my gosh...in real life 😂😂😂😂

hey, free bucket

Osmond wake up per April 1

Magilla Gorilla got mad at Ogee.

Don’t try to tickle Elmo.

I don’t know who that little lady was that was praying so hard, but I know two other ladies need to be thankful that she was there. A total divine intervention. 🙏🏼

IN MY VIEW He certainly had the speed to overpower and grab one of the zookeepers and go after the second. Thank God for people praying.

i wanna see an Orangutang driving a golf cart again

procedures were not followed.....

Osmond wake up close flight ✈️ 😊

Can we talk about that brave man you can hear wanting to get in and help the ladies? He was willing to risk his own life for theirs, if the other guys would have come with him!

Not good in english but a gorilla its nice no?.. a silverback gorilla Can be dangerous only if you are near to his kids no...

A majestic great ape imprisoned without committing a crime. No wonder it's captors are afraid.

You can hear the voice of a beautiful angel praying for her safety and then expressing deep gratitude to God for protecting the keeper still there🙏 Bless your heart, whomever you are👏

Sorry, but power of prayer? Don't you wonder why prayer might save someone but the god you're praying to apparently did not think of making sure she was not put in that situation in the first place? In reality no gods were involved here, trust me.

The lord didn’t do that, her feet did.

That one lady should have removed that stupid mask for one thing

Osmond holm Hansen calnse apart per

I guess the Gorilla was a Christian.

Whoever that lady is I want her praying for me.

All zoos need to be shut down! If you want to see these types of mighty mammals. Go to their habitat.

The prayers are what saved her

why doesn't God help all innocent people ?

The young lady praying is beautiful!! We need more prayer in this world

The gorilla must never bite the hand that feeds it.

What’s all the bishing about?! This is the equivalent of going over to your Mexican mother-in-law’s home and spending some one-on-one time with her. If you make it out con vida, you're a survivor. Dust yourself off and prepare for the next round.😁♥️

Stop imprisoning animals.

This is why I dont want to work in a zoo. You just never now. Theese are wild animals. Always will be.