60-year-old gorilla, 1st to be born in a zoo, dies - News Summed Up

60-year-old gorilla, 1st to be born in a zoo, dies


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The world's first gorilla born in a zoo, a female named Colo who became the oldest known living gorilla in the U.S., has died at age 60, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said Tuesday. The oldest known living male gorilla, Ozzie, is 55 years old and lives at the Atlanta Zoo, which has a geriatric gorilla specialty. Packy, an Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo, is now 54 and the oldest male of his species in North America. Nikko, a 33-year-old snow monkey at the Minnesota Zoo, is the oldest male snow monkey in North America. Zulie, a 30-year-old Black Howler monkey at the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is the oldest living female Howler monkey in captivity.


Source: The China Post January 18, 2017 16:05 UTC



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