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Venezuela is twice the size of Iraq, with densely populated cities, high Andean peaks and lowland jungles that can challenge troop deployments.

Zoo officials said in a statement that Denny, a 10-year-old western lowland gorilla, broke one of the three layers of tempered glass separating guests from the gorilla habitat on Saturday.

The United Nations Environment Program projects that, due to palm oil expansion, Indonesia will lose 98 percent of its natural rainforest by 2022, with its lowland forests succumbing much sooner.

Guy, a western lowland gorilla, received hundreds of birthday cards every year.

The stocky songbird normally travels between the eastern United States and lowland South American forests twice a year.