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oldest captive gorilla dies
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the world's oldest captive gorilla dies, aged 55...just days after the world's oldest gibbon dies at Wellington Zoo. Spooky.
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This now leaves Trudy, a female, at the Little Rock Zoo the oldest gorilla in North America at 52 years old.
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This now leaves Trudy, a female, at the Little Rock Zoo the oldest gorilla in North America at 52 years old.
Sad news but she reached a good age for a Gorilla
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Also the world's oldest orangutan died last year at the Miami Metro Zoo.

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