1996 animal births

cloned female sheep; first cloned animal

Grape (16 April 1996 – 12 October 2017), colloquially known as , was a Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) at Tobu Zoo in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. His attachment to a cutout of Hululu, an anthropomorphic Humboldt penguin character from the 2017 anime series Kemono Friends, earned him international fame and an online fan base. Grape-kun died after a brief illness in October 2017, and was commemorated by the zoo and his fans.

famous show jumping horse

western gorilla in the Diergaarde Blijdorp Rotterdam Zoo

celebrity western lowland gorilla residing in Japan