--- description: Gorilla follows chases and plays peekaboo with toddler at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium title: Watch This Young Gorilla Play Peekaboo with a Toddler image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Young Gorilla Play Peekaboo with a Toddler  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 31, 2015 6:10 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 31, 2015 6:10 PM CUT The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium [posted a video](https://www.facebook.com/columbuszoo/videos/vb.27035532105/10153129293992106/?type=2&theater "undefined") of a toddler named Isaiah playing “peekaboo” with its two-year-old gorilla Kamoli last week. The clip, filmed by Isaiah’s mother Sherry Chute, shows the youngster shrieking and laughing hysterically as the two chase each other on opposite sides of the glass enclosure — in what looks like a great workout for both parties involved. When it was time to go, Isaiah simply said “bye gorilla,” Chute [told _The Columbus Dispatch._](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life%5Fand%5Fentertainment/2015/08/28/kid-and-gorilla-play-at-zoo.html "undefined") [The footage](https://www.facebook.com/columbuszoo/videos/vb.27035532105/10153129293992106/?type=2&theater "undefined") has been shared nearly 6,000 times on Facebook. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4017555/gorilla-columbus-zoo-toddler/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4017555/gorilla-columbus-zoo-toddler/"},"headline":"Watch This Young Gorilla Play Peekaboo with a Toddler","datePublished":"2015-08-31T18:10:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:05.164Z","description":"Great apish antics","url":"https://time.com/4017555/gorilla-columbus-zoo-toddler/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"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/4017555/gorilla-columbus-zoo-toddler/","name":"Watch This Young Gorilla Play Peekaboo with a Toddler"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4017555/gorilla-columbus-zoo-toddler/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4017555/gorilla-columbus-zoo-toddler/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```