mr primatology
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please may people post any info on the gorillas of twycross zoo thankyou.
Twycross Zoo A gorilla information post
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mazfc
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They have two groups:
one led by a silverback called oumbie who lives with two females (Asante and I think ouza)
the other led by a silverback calked boulas who arrived on the 13th April. He lives with two older females called bongo and binti.
Oumbie came from one of the aspinall zoos (I think port lympie). Boulas came from Ireland - they are actually brothers.
The studbook can give you full parentage details of all six gorillas.
Saw them today - they are fantastic.
one led by a silverback called oumbie who lives with two females (Asante and I think ouza)
the other led by a silverback calked boulas who arrived on the 13th April. He lives with two older females called bongo and binti.
Oumbie came from one of the aspinall zoos (I think port lympie). Boulas came from Ireland - they are actually brothers.
The studbook can give you full parentage details of all six gorillas.
Saw them today - they are fantastic.
taun
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Just to correst you slightly on their names but the set-up is correst
Group one housed in the old house - Very unlikely to breed and more of a retirment group for all concerned.
Boulas (M)
Biddy (F)
Bongo (F)
Group two housed in the new house - Breeding group (well we hope so)
Oumbi (M)
Ozzla (F) - Best hopes it seems of breeding
Asante (F)
mhale
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Just for your information, the studbook can be found here: Gorillas Galore - Captive Gorilla Lists - Stud Book
mr primatology
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cheers evryone
mazfc
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The studbook is a v interesting, I was given a link to it on another thread - it's a bit moreish once you start looking.
Oumbie's ladies were giving him the real runaround on Sunday - he looked very frustrated