The claim
The viral video shows a gorilla gently handing over a baby to a woman .
Original review summary
The review says the video is AI-generated, not a real incident, citing unnatural movements and a Hive analysis that found a 99.4% likelihood it was AI-generated. It also reports that the original video was posted by a channel whose description identifies its videos as AI-generated.[S1]
Additional context
The review traces the original upload to 29 June 2025 on the YouTube channel ‘AI-Videos-Arg’. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026
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