Over the last few months researchers of Jane Goodall Institute at the GombeStreamResearchCenter (center for the studies of wild population of great primates at GombeNational Park, in Tanzanie) have documented the birth of five new chimpanzee babies.
 
The institute needs your help to name two of the babies. Normally, Jane names the babies herself, but she wanted to give our online community a chance to weigh in.

These babies are the offspring of Gaia and Imani. The researchers have come up with several names for the new chimps. As is the tradition, the names begin with the first letter of their mother’s name. We need your help to make a final decision.

Gaia’s pregnancy was exciting for Gombe researchers, who were anxiously waiting to find out what would happen when she gave birth in early June. Here’s the first report of Gaia’s new infant:

“Gaia was first seen with the newborn infant at 6pm on June 5th, when she joined the focal group after having not been seen for about 3 days. Gremlin (Gaia’s mother) was not seen with the group until midday the following day, when she showed some interest in the infant, but Gaia kept her distance from her mother and held the infant close. We continued to follow the G-family (Gremlin, Gaia and infant, Golden, Glitter, and Gimli) for the next five days, and were amazed and relieved to see that Gaia maintained care of her baby. By Sunday evening we determined that the infant is a boy but we are not yet certain of his health and strength. We are continuing to follow the events closely.”

To vote for names and nicknames: http://www.janegoodall.org/chimp_names