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She was born at San Francisco Zoo to parents Jacqueline and Bwana. Koko: born on July 4th 1971, Koko is able, according to her trainer Francine Patterson, to understand more than 1,000 signs based on American Sign Language and understand approximately 2,000 words of spoken English, which would place her among the most proficient non-human users of language.On her long life, she got to have 3 children, 16 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Daughter of Millie Christina and Baron Macombo, Colo was hand reared and she turned her 56th birthdate in December 2012, which converts her in the oldest gorilla worldwide. Colo: on December 22nd 1956, a baby gorilla named Colo, whose name is a combination of Columbus and Ohio, entered the world at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio (United States), becoming the first-ever gorilla born in captivity.At the moment, Ambam is part of one of the bachelor groups at Port Lympne, composed by five gorillas including himself.

By chance or genetic, his father used to walk with two legs like Ambam too. Son of Bitam and Shamba, he was born on April 14th 1990 at Howletts Wild Animal Park, but he is living currently at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park.

Ambam the walking gorilla: he is a very well known gorilla because he often walks like humans.

#Macombo gorilla columbus full#

He was born on March 25th 1987 to parents Founa and Kijo at Howletts Wild Animal Park, place where he had been living at during his full life and where he is the leader of one of the five family groups of the park, composed by five adult females and their children. Kifu: with a very special personality unusual in animals of his characteristics, Kifu is the only known silverback gorilla worldwide that allows his keepers to have direct phisical contact with himself and his full family including wives and children.

#Macombo gorilla columbus skin#

He died on November 24th 2003 after suffering during five years from a skin cancer. He had 22 children, 7 grand-children and 3 great grand-children, but none of them showed any albino parts. They sold Copito de Nieve to professor Jordi Sabater Pi and he arrived to Zoológic de Barcelona in November 1966. He was captured by the ethnicity Fang, who called him Nfumu Ngui (which means for them white gorilla). This animal is, up to date, the only registered and known albino gorilla worldwide. Copito de Nieve: also known as Snow Flake or Floquet de Neu, he was born in 1962 in the River of Muni (Guinea).From Gorillas Land, we wanted to do a tribute for all of them and that is the purpose of this section.

Along captive gorillas history, there have been some of them that highlighted between others due to their personality, peculiar characteristics or behaviors.