(CBS DETROIT) - The Detroit Zoo has announced the name chosen for the baby gorilla that was born at the zoo last month . After announcing that the female baby was the first gorilla born at the zoo in ...

The Detroit Zoo's first-ever baby gorilla has a name: Motema. Pronounced mo-tem-a, the word means "heart" in Lingala. The ...

Motema -- which translates to “heart” in the Lingala language -- has been selected as the historic baby gorilla’s name.

After over two weeks of voting, the newest western lowland gorilla troop member at the Detroit Zoo has a name. The winning ...

Thank you to everyone who voted, your donations help support gorilla conservation efforts all around the world,” the ...

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The Detroit Zoo named its first baby gorilla Motema and used a public voting contest, with donations, to support gorilla ...

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Zoo staff said they haven’t handled the baby yet, so they don’t know sex. They expect to name it later this fall.