A new male gorilla called Yeboah, 12 has caused quite a stir with the Zoo’s three female gorillas Zaire, 35, Effie, 16 and Jookie, 11 who will barely leave him alone.

Zookeepers say the three ladies are captivated by the 20 stone male, who arrived shortly before Christmas from La Boissière Du Dore Zoo in France.

The girls, who have lacked male attention since the death of silverback Bobby in December 2008, were given pictures of their new French stud last summer – and zookeepers say it was love at first sight for the trio.

In the next few months visitors will be able to watch Yeboah transform from a blackback into a silverback gorilla as he learns to dominate his new group.

Daniel Simmonds, a Zookeeper at Gorilla Kingdom, said: "Yeboah’s a very charming gorilla and is having to quickly turn from a boy into man now he’s met our more experienced female gorillas.

"He lived with a silverback gorilla before he came here which means that he has remained a blackback gorilla – but that’s definitely going to change now he’s dating three girls at once."