I hope whoever edited this got fired. Yes, the thunder caused alarm at first…but after that, it was the dislike of RAIN that was affecting the family. Not fear of thunder that wasn’t even happening later in the video - gorillas do not like rain!!
I don't know if Momo's reaction was necessarily fear. It could have been his instinct to immediately protect his family kicking in but not knowing exactly what lightning and thunder are he may not have known how to respond or where to go. He looked like he could have been running around in confusion, and his facial expression didn't look like fear to me. Anyway, even if it was fear it isn't fair to say he's afraid of thunder -- he wasn't panicking at the sound of the approaching thunder -- what he was afraid of was a near direct lightning strike, and anyone who's ever been that close to a strike like that will tell you that it's a very jarring experience and there's no shame in being frightened by it.
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Anytime there is lightning in the area the zoo should bring ALL animals inside. It's especially reckless of them to leave their gorillas out sitting on those big metal lightning rods. That lightning strike at 5:52 was VERY close -- the lightning and the thunder were almost simultaneous meaning it was probably less than 100 meters away. One lightning strike on that metal roof and you would have had several barbecued gorillas. Not a pleasant thought.