Friends in lowland places: The Erie Zoo’s lowland gorilla, Samantha, shares a quiet moment with Panda, a Dutch rabbit, at the zoo in Erie, Pa., on Thursday. Samantha has been without a full-time friend since the death of Rudy, a male gorilla, in 2005. But officials say the 47-year-old western lowland gorilla is too old to be paired with another gorilla, so they opted last month to introduce her to Panda. The Erie Times-News reports the two get along well. Samantha will gently scratch under Panda’s chin and share her food.