I fell in love with this story.

A Mama chimp fell asleep and when she woke up her baby she was carrying inside of her was gone.

Two days later she walks into a room and this happens:

This morning I went to the Zoo’s Facebook page to see how Mahale and  and her baby Kucheza were. I’ve been doing this daily since they started to post a out Kecheza and even if they didn’t have a post about him and his Mom, I enjoyed the stories about their neighbors and family at the zoo.

This morning this is the post I saw from  the Sedgwick County Zoo’s Facebook page.

Friends, our hearts are broken today. It is with the greatest sadness that we have to announce the sudden and unexpected passing of Kucheza, 5-week-old Chimpanzee.

Keepers found Kucheza deceased, and cradled in his mother Mahale’s arms, when they arrived at the Zoo this morning.

Mahale is not quite ready to part with him, but when our team is able, a full medical assessment will be done to determine the cause of death.

Mahale’s love for Kucheza was and will continue to be felt by billions of people around the world.

In his few short weeks of life, Kucheza brought joy and light to so many, and sparked an opportunity to educate the world about chimpanzees, the dangers they face in the wild, and most importantly – why we should care.

We’ll continue to share these messages and inspire respect and conservation for Kucheza’s wild counterparts in his honor.