Longleat Safari & Adventure Park Longleat Safari Park News 2011
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Jordan-Jaguar97
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This article states she is 50 mazfc but anyway it's still a good achievement!
OLDEST GORILLA IN UK CELEBRATES 50th BIRTHDAY | Howletts | Kent
OLDEST GORILLA IN UK CELEBRATES 50th BIRTHDAY | Howletts | Kent
...and if you read all the way to the bottom that news story was posted 4th August 2010 - so she would now be 51.
He's the oldest male in Europe, not just the UK.
Howlett's 'Mouila' now 51. The two other old females there; Juju and BabyDoll are only a year or two behind her.
Gigit
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A good reason for not giving animals babyish names? I imagine the ill-fated 'Tiny' at London would have grown up to be an embarrassed silverback.
mazfc
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She's just had her 51st. I had to do all that adding to work out her age from 2010
A good reason for not giving animals babyish names? I imagine the ill-fated 'Tiny' at London would have grown up to be an embarrassed silverback.
'Baby Doll' was handraised from a tiny baby. She's a rather 'odd' Gorilla as a result. The weird name still seems to suit her even now at 50!
I believe the London Zoo baby had been given a proper name as well( I can't remember what) but 'Tiny' stuck for their publicity.
Howlett's Mouila
According to both my own records and the Gorillas Galore Studbook, Mouila arrived at Howletts on 01.11.61. I guess they said she 'turned fifty' in August 2010 as an estimate from her age on arrival- if she was about 15months old then.
The next oldest female 'BabyDoll' actually arrived at Howletts four months before Mouila( the same year but on 1st July- again the records tally) But I know 'Baby Doll' was very tiny when she arrived, so Mouila is still the older of the two and so the oldest in the UK.
She's just had her 51st. I had to do all that adding to work out her age from 2010
According to both my own records and the Gorillas Galore Studbook, Mouila arrived at Howletts on 01.11.61. I guess they said she 'turned fifty' in August 2010 as an estimate from her age on arrival- if she was about 15months old then.
The next oldest female 'BabyDoll' actually arrived at Howletts four months before Mouila( the same year but on 1st July- again the records tally) But I know 'Baby Doll' was very tiny when she arrived, so Mouila is still the older of the two and so the oldest in the UK.
Jordan-Jaguar97
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A comment on the Park's facebook is showing that Gertie the Giraffe gave birth to a male calf named Lewa, another two calves are still to be born this year.
I also read that Imogen the giraffe, who famously survived a caesarean section has recently died.
Standpitpony
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That can't be true I mean she was such a charecter!Can you give me the link?
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Standpitpony
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Thanks,anyothers?
Jordan-Jaguar97
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Standpitpony
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Such a shame
Standpitpony
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Nico the gorilla | Pets and Animals | Lifestyle | Daybreak - ITV.com
Nico recently celebrated his 50th birthday!
Nico recently celebrated his 50th birthday!
Standpitpony
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I don't know where they got the bit about him arriving 'in 1966, soon after the Safari Park opened'.
He actually arrived at Longleat in 1986, about twenty years after it opened, as he and the female Samba replaced the trio of Gorillas they had previously.
He's also been the oldest male in Europe for some time now- not just since this 'birthday'. But they are right though about his condition- very good for his advanced age.
He actually arrived at Longleat in 1986, about twenty years after it opened, as he and the female Samba replaced the trio of Gorillas they had previously.He's also been the oldest male in Europe for some time now- not just since this 'birthday'. But they are right though about his condition- very good for his advanced age.
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