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In 1996, When a 3-Year-Old Boy Climbed Over a Barrier

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In 1996, when a 3-year-old boy climbed over a barrier at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois and fell into a gorilla compound, clinical theorists had a field day interpreting which event that took place after the boy fell?


A) The gorillas all fled from the boy, as they recognized that going near him would lead to being shot with a tranquilizer dart.
B) The boy was severely injured as the gorillas attacked what they interpreted to be a predator.
C) A 160-pound gorilla picked up the boy, protected him, and carried him to rescue workers unharmed.
D) The gorillas in the compound all fought over who would get to "claim" the boy as their offspring, and it took weeks before the boy could safely be rescued.

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