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Happy Birthday Jenny

May 10, 2008 – 2:55 pm

Jenny The Gorilla at the Dallas Zoo turned 55 on Thursday. She celebrated her birthday with a four-layer frozen-fruit cake and banana-leaf-wrapped treats.
It’s a pretty special thing since only 4 gorillas in captivity are over 50, and generally in the wild only live 30-35 years [Wikipedia].
There’s some educational stats about Jenny and gorillas in [...]

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Paris Hilton And A Gorilla

April 2, 2008 – 9:18 pm

The Harvard Lampoon parody of National Geographic… with a gorilla on the cover. How else would it work?
One should note Paris Hilton has a long history with primates. The NY Post reported about her birthday party in 2007:

After downing TY KU liquor and bottles of Dom Perignon, guests reported seeing Hilton play with [...]

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Orangutan Twins Turn 40

February 25, 2008 – 3:00 am

Towan and Chinta are celebrating their 40th Birthday. Seattle Times has a few baby pics you should be sure to checkout. Click on the story photo (of the adult orangutan) to view the photos for the story. The other photos are black & white.
Baby Orangutan’s hips are too tiny for the diapers.
Anyone [...]

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Monkey Birthday

December 8, 2007 – 5:57 pm

Happy (late) monkey birthday to Delu a rare colobus monkey at the oregon zoo who turned 1 yesterday.

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Happy Birthday Gorillas

December 6, 2007 – 10:43 pm

Some special birthdays today:

Matze and Charly – They are 50 today with 17 and 18 children each.
Kivu a Western gorilla turned 5 today, and is celebrating with half-brother Kiondo.

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