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Matadi

He is starting to show signs of maturity and I think he looks increasingly like his mother, Ozala. Gorilla Island, Paignton, 13th July 2014.

Matadi
gentle lemur, 14 Jul 2014
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    • gentle lemur
      He is starting to show signs of maturity and I think he looks increasingly like his mother, Ozala. Gorilla Island, Paignton, 13th July 2014.
    • Pertinax
      I made the same comment about his looks on Gigit's full body shot of him from a few weeks back. But I see Sekondi's physique there also maybe?
    • gentle lemur
      I think he looks increasingly 'frowning' as he matures. I can't recall anything particularly distinctive about Sekondi, but Matadi has an impressively bare chest now although, as you can see, he has no real crest yet: he might still have a fair bit of growing to do.

      Alan
    • Pertinax
      I was going to write that he has the same 'scowly' face as Ozala...;)

      Sekondi had a rather short stocky body and was dark/black in colour (with dark steely silvering). He was rather puny when he was younger(I think he had poor health for a while-some sort of digestive problem as he had a big pot belly at one stage) and Mambie, who lived with them, was a much more 'masculine' looking youngster. But Sekondi seemed to get over it and developed fairly normally later on.

      Apart from his genes governing his appearance to an extent, I'd estimate Matadi still has some growing to do yet, as he had a healthier/more natural upbringing than his father did.
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