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page 1Individual gorillas
Koko
female gorilla and research subject
Snowflake
world's only known gorilla with albinism to date (1964–2003)

Harambe
Harambe (, ; May 27, 1999 – May 28, 2016) was a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo. On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy visiting the zoo climbed under a fence into an outdoor gorilla enclosure where he was grabbed and violently dragged and thrown by Harambe. Fearing for the boy's life, a zoo worker shot and killed Harambe. The incident was recorded on video and received broad international coverage and commentary, including controversy over the choice to use lethal force. Several primatologists and conservationists wrote later that the zoo had no other choice under the c
Fatou
western lowland gorilla in the Berlin Zoo
Bokito
western gorilla in the Diergaarde Blijdorp Rotterdam Zoo
Titus
gorilla from Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda
Shabani
celebrity western lowland gorilla residing in Japan