AdvertisementA 35-year-old gorilla underwent a CT scan today after it was discovered he had polyps developing in his nasal passages. Makokou, a male Western Lowland Gorilla was airlifted from his home at Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa via helicopter to the Onderstepoort Vetinary Academic Hospital in Pretoria. Staff at the Johannesburg Zoo first became concerned about the gorilla in May after he had chronic nasal discharge which had not cleared up despite medical treatments. The results revealed that he has chronic Rhinitis with inflammatory polyps developing in his nasal passages. The only way to see how bad the lesions are is using the CT scan.

Source: Daily Mail June 06, 2020 15:14 UTC