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The gorilla was named Colo, short for Columbus. After she was rejected at birth by her mother, zookeepers had to hand-raise Colo. They hand-raised her much like a human child, by dressing her in clothes and giving her bottles of formula. [7] At the age of two years, Colo was introduced to a 19-month-old male from Africa called Bongo. Colo and ...
Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) ... Colo (December 22, 1956 – January 17, 2017) of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was the first gorilla to be born in captivity.
She was the daughter of Toni and granddaughter of Colo, the first gorilla born in captivity. [2] Jumoke was hand-reared until she was 18 months old. [1] While being raised, the keepers would snap their fingers as they came towards the room to make sure she was not startled.
Colo (1956–2017) was the first gorilla born in captivity and lived to be the oldest gorilla in captivity. On December 22, 1956, Colo, a western lowland gorilla, became the world's first captive-born gorilla at the Columbus Zoo. When she died in January 2017, at the age of 60, she was the oldest gorilla in human care.
Colo, a gorilla who was kept at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and was the first gorilla ever born in captivity, [2] succeeded Jenny as the world's oldest known gorilla. [1] Colo died January 17, 2017, at the age of 60. A gorilla's normal life expectancy in the wild is approximately 30 to 35 years. [2]
Koko was born on July 4, 1971, at the San Francisco Zoo to her mother Jacqueline and father Bwana. (The name "Hanabiko" (花火子), lit. ' fireworks child ', is of Japanese origin and is a reference to her date of birth, the Fourth of July.)
Jambo's older sister Goma, born on 23 September 1959 in Basel, was the first gorilla born in Europe and lived in the Zoo Basel until her death in 2018. [1] Before Jambo was transferred to Jersey Zoo, Jambo and Goma had a son named Tamtam, who was born at Zoo Basel on 2 May 1971, and died at Wuppertal Zoo on 34 July 2009.
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