gorilla
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Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
As Benchmark analyst Daniel Kurnos wrote, and Barron’s reported, at the time, “no one likes it when an 800-pound gorilla comes sniffing around.”
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
What’s more intimidating, an 800-pound gorilla or a horde of small ones?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
A new Netflix documentary, A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough has followed the family - whose members are descendants of Pablo, the cheeky, curious, young gorilla captured on camera in 1978.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
What would-be gorilla or elephant rancher would wait 15 years for his herd to reach adult size?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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