On August 16, 1996, a very young boy, visiting the zoo with his parents, fell into the gorilla exhibit of Tropic World. Binti Jua ran over to the crying boy and carefully cradled him and kept other gorillas away from him. When rescue workers arrived she brought the boy to them.[16] The incident received international attention in the media for Binti Jua, who also received special treats and attention from zoo staff for quite some time.