Online dating proves success for gorillas
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Chessington Zoo was today celebrating the birth of a baby gorilla following the successful use of online dating.
Western Lowland gorillas Buu and Damisi were introduced last summer after Damisa was identified as a breeding male for Buu. Zookeepers used the Stud Book, the equivalent of an online dating agency for gorillas, to source the perfect match.
The computer database provides access to the entire European gorilla population and includes family trees and the history of every gorilla.
Keeper Michael Riozzi said: “We are so happy for Buu and Damisi who hit it off straight away. Buu is a fantastic first-time mum and their baby is a welcome addition to our group; one of the most successful breeding groups of Western Lowland Gorillas in Europe."
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Gorrillas appearantly still appreciate help to observe nature's ways, prefer procreation to extinction as humans used until economic and social evolution changed their priorities dramatically. My mother was a hobby matchmaker. Twenty years after her demise I keep meeting couples she introduced. They are happily raving about their kids and grandchilden.
However, I know hardly anyone tying the knot to start a family and/or share the rest of the life with the same online partner. Online dating provides lonly hearts and other prts of the anatomy a much larger pool of like-minded members of whatever gender is fancied. Love is a 4-letter word, romance a matter of perspective and permanence an illusion at best.
In the jewish diaspora highly respected "Schadchen" performed valuable services matching for eternity singles who otherwise would't have met. Who is kidding whom? Did their wholesome market indeed vanish or encourages digital anonymity agents to push more lucrative sub-prime-liaisons?