Zoo Knoxville’s baby chimpanzee growing, thriving

Zoo Knoxville celebrated the birth of an endangered chimpanzee, Stevie, on Earth Day in April.
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[@FoggyDay196]

My goodness! That face! She’s precious. And growing so fast. So this was my smile for the day. I wish there were more videos of little Stevie. I could watch for hours. 💖

[@Iren-s5k]

At first a thought it was a soft toy! She has such a wonderful face! Cute little girl.

[@btcrazee1]

The zoo is doing a great job! Stevie looks wonderful!

[@haizha7112]

soo cute I just love her ❤💖🥰

[@christineclemens9547]

I absolutely adore monkeys chimps gorillas orangutans I don't know I'm just fixated on Little Monkeys little baby monkeys I love them thank you for sharing this and letting us know Stevie's progress

[@Sirianstar10]

That face! What a doll!!! 💙💙

[@leslieperkel5594]

What a sweet baby! Her eyes are so bright and curious.

[@LyranSoul]

Adorable!!

[@margheriolisa]

That lip pucker!

[@r.g.o3879]

She's the beautiful

[@K3lB3l]

Frigging little CUTIE!

[@maricelacollado4278]

Very cute ❤❤❤❤

[@itstuff4744]

How very sweet !

[@soniacalderon9785]

Me morí de amor..!! Una ternura esos ojitos de asombro e inocencia..! Adorable bebé..!! 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓

[@antoniazavala6639]

Estos si me gustan porque no hacen berrinches son muy lindos

[@decretiahearn2674]

She is adorable ❤❤

[@teranerehimova1851]

😍🐒❤️

[@parisluvsyou]

My grandma sent me this.

[@lucymoreanobraxton621]

Stevie is so cute!!

[@shonharris6950]

Joy for 1 YEAR... AFTERWARDS, back to thE WILD!!!!

[@marbear4273]

Shes Beautiful

[@giselferrer]

Santo DÍOS ! que hermosura !

[@Ambitious1987Girl]

🥰

[@jenniferlaughlin47]

Omg adorable

[@pennykahlon377]

Sooo cute 🥰🥰🥰

[@flyingpaladin617]

Apes together strong

[@marthamitchell2862]

She is so precious. How does she let you know when she wants a bottle?

[@PrimateProductions]

Cries or gets fussy/restless.

[@nicholasforman1195]

Stevie is a funny name for a girl! When do the GCSE’s come up?

[@paulsonj72]

Maybe named after Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac

[@IrmaGarcis]

❤❤❤❤❤❤Soy un bebé preciosoo

[@IrmaGarcis]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤PRECIOSURA

[@araceliramirez2695]

Tesoro, irradia pereza ❤

[@mromatic17]

my god shes adorable!!! what happened to her mother?

[@jakeg3733]

I'd be a little worried about just turning her loose with a bunch of adult chimps, but they know what they're doing

[@sarahcantu8420]

Adorable ❤️❤️❤️

[@mattsheezy5469]

Stevie ☺️

[@MFPhoto1]

Where's her mother?

[@dalvasantos4807]

Eles são lindos

[@InvisibleVicky]

Where is her mum

[@bonnies4230]

She suffered.

[@mariaisabelhernandez6730]

Por favor podrías hacer una traducción al español, gracias 🙂

[@ramonaschwarzlose5909]

Ist das Baby süß! 🥰🥰🥰♥♥♥

[@mariaguardiola716]

Like a human baby so cute

[@maribelboulin2622]

Vraiment super sympa et adorablissime

[@TruecrimeRealConvict]

Why do you get to have one and not me 😢

[@fredharvey2720]

Amazing girl

[@carolmayhardie]

Where's her mother?

[@elliesouza717]

Watch the video

[@lindalallemand7597]

Que du bonheurrrrrrrr vous êtes formidable vous avez un gros coeur rempli d amours que dieu vous protège les singes en besoin de vous et encore ,👏👏👏👏👏

[@marikawaldraff8223]

What was happen with her mother?

[@francinelimon379]

The obsession that these zoos have with stealing great ape babies is truly sickening. Anything for a buck.

[@PrimateProductions]

You have no idea what you are talking about lol. Considering she was not ever available for the public to see until she was returned to the exhibit full time with her family/troop how do you figure "stealing her" earned them any "bucks"??

[@mortalclown3812]

We've seen Francine's commentary before. Extreme unwellness combined with Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@francinelimon379]

@@mortalclown3812 The Royal “We”. Sorry your highness.

[@shonharris6950]

I agree... it's advantage taking going ON. Monkey MADDNESS!!!

[@maryc530]

The birth was a lie…we seen her yanked from her mother’s legs by evil Daisy then carried her around like she was dead…laughing and licking to eat her! The mom was on a fight..she wanted her baby!

[@StoneInMySandal]

Your conspiracy nonsense must be tiring huh? Do you think Donald Trump won the election too?

[@sidj6745]

Pls don't spread lies like this...I mean haven't we been lied to enough...sigh

[@PrimateProductions]

You have serious issues!🙂

[@maryc530]

@@PrimateProductions did you watch the video? Watch and you tell me she was monitored….she was attacked and baby stole

[@PrimateProductions]

@@maryc530 I have no idea what you are babbling about

[@allinaday9882]

What happened to her Mom and Aunties. This is so sad. Will she have a chance of be allowed to go to a sanctuary , eventually?

[@PrimateProductions]

Did you not watch/listen to the video at all? Of course she is not going to go to a sanctuary...why would they do that? She is in a large, well run, accredited zoo facility receiving expert, professional care (far better than what she would be receiving if she were in most sanctuaries in the US). As soon as she hits a few specific milestones (such as being able to come to the mesh to get her bottle) she will be going back in the exhibit with her family/troop.

[@allinaday9882]

@@PrimateProductions No. The beginning of the video did not give a reason for the separation .And was so heartbreaking I turned it off to ask the questions that might give me hope that infant might be able to escape the zoo. I know of only 3 sanctuaries. And none of those are in North America. I am glad that I turned off this video before I was pulled in to care about a infant with such a tragic future. I have now been warned to avoid Primate Productions videos. Thank you.

[@hartaez9644]

It's all lies

[@aureol40012]

Urgh, vile things.

[@bailofhay978]

you have some serious issues going on please get some help ASAP

[@mortalclown3812]

Thou art that, indeed.

[@suetaylor1127]

Less jibber jabber please and more chimp only, baby chimp.. Poor baby won't last long once you put her in with the killers.

[@Mo-Town_Auto_Icons]

That "poor baby"...is a INFANT KILLER...IT will be fine

[@PrimateProductions]

Oh yeah right...because of course that is the case! Um not. If that were the case them these animals would have stopped existing long ago! 🙄

[@allinaday9882]

@@PrimateProductions I think by killers, the writer was referring to humans.

[@PrimateProductions]

@@allinaday9882 no she was not. The baby chimp was already with the humans, that is who is rearing her in the video. They discussed how soon she will be returned to her troop (the chimpanzees). "Sue Taylor" was definitely referring to the chimpanzees when she said "the killers".

[@paulsonj72]

​@@PrimateProductionsSue Taylor is as bad as Kendra Hansen is on Orangutan rescue videos. She pretty much accuses rescue organizations of being poachers. And of course Ms. Taylor here says Orangutans should be kept as pets because they live longer in captivity

[@suetaylor1127]

Good they belong as pets.

[@carolmayhardie]

If you want a chimp as a pet just have a baby, or adopt a human baby. Really what's wrong with you

[@suetaylor1127]

@@carolmayhardie I don’t want one as a pet. Why whats wrong with you? You think you get to dictate who spends time with who? You don’t and you should find a worthy cause to champion, all the primates have been taken by every other ken and karen out there who are great at parroting .

[@PRHILL9696]

Are you a pet? did daddy keep her chained up?

[@Mo-Town_Auto_Icons]

That is literally the stupid thing I've ever heard, you know there are ways for you to legally own chimps aka CHAINSAWS WITH THUMBS in the country...knock yourself out but please make sure to put up camera everywhere so we can watch the family grow...(loser)

[@PrimateProductions]

@@carolmayhardie she has serious issues!

[@klm4tv]

OMG, is perfect ❤

[@giovannidicapo6213]

She's so precious!

[@doriancheron4221]

Морда просит кирпича

[@mortalclown3812]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@Butt--Head]

The white fuzz on her bottom is for the mother to easily spot her whenever she's in a crowd

[@PrimateProductions]

Well not necessarily. There is often more than one young chimp in a troop and it's not often her baby will be "lost in a crowd" for it to be necessary for the mom to spot her in a crowd. The white rump is more so that all the chimps in a troop recognize her as young indicating she needs extra care and attention from any of the group.