A Great Apes Play Date

This is one of those photos that should leave you feeling warm and fuzzy because it captures a baby chimp and gorilla playing together. Gorillas have an aggressive predisposition and they are also highly territorial. The two great ape species don’t get along and researchers have witnessed lethal fights between them.

That’s why this photo snapped by Michael Poliza is every bit heartwarming, and it reveals that perhaps the hostility is something that the great apes learn as they grow. The gorillas are the largest great apes and the world’s largest primates. Fully grown male gorillas weigh in at around 300 to 500 pounds.