--- title: Here's a Video of Some Gorillas Going on an Easter Egg Hunt description: Gorillas enjoy holiday traditions just as much as people do, apparently. canonical: https://time.com/4270953/heres-a-video-of-some-gorillas-going-on-an-easter-egg-hunt/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-24T18:14:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:07.770Z og:title: Here's a Video of Some Gorillas Going on an Easter Egg Hunt og:description: And having an egg-cellent time og:url: https://time.com/4270953/heres-a-video-of-some-gorillas-going-on-an-easter-egg-hunt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's a Video of Some Gorillas Going on an Easter Egg Hunt twitter:description: And having an egg-cellent time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's a Video of Some Gorillas Going on an Easter Egg Hunt > Sponsored content. 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The [Cincinnati Zoo](http://time.com/4269722/cheetah-cubs-dog-surrogate-parent/) shared a video on Wednesday of their western lowland [gorillas](http://time.com/4026722/gorilla-pictures-smartphone-jelani/) participating in the annual [Easter egg hunt](http://time.com/4266173/easter-bunny-mall-new-jersey/) that is set up inside their exhibit. The clip shows the band of primates carrying colorful baskets around the enclosure as they search for dyed eggs to place inside them — although most of the group seemed more inclined to immediately snack on their discoveries. **Read More:** [This Gorilla Celebrated the Holidays by Eating a Christmas Tree](http://time.com/4161308/gorilla-christmas-tree-toronto-zoo/) “We give them enrichment every single day, \[but\] this is a little bit more extravagant than what we do on a daily basis so they are getting more treats and that sort of thing today,” a zookeeper said. They really like hard-boiled eggs so they’re running around trying to gather as much as they can.” Watch the full video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4270953/heres-a-video-of-some-gorillas-going-on-an-easter-egg-hunt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4270953/heres-a-video-of-some-gorillas-going-on-an-easter-egg-hunt/"},"headline":"Here's a Video of Some Gorillas Going on an Easter Egg Hunt","datePublished":"2016-03-24T18:14:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:07.770Z","description":"And having an egg-cellent time","url":"https://time.com/4270953/heres-a-video-of-some-gorillas-going-on-an-easter-egg-hunt/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Zoos","Easter","animal videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4270953/heres-a-video-of-some-gorillas-going-on-an-easter-egg-hunt/","name":"Here's a Video of Some Gorillas Going on an Easter Egg Hunt"}}]}] ```