![]() ![]() Its brain-shaped seeds grow inside large golden pods found hanging from trees deep in the Peruvian Amazon.While its cousin cacao found world-wide fame and fortune, Macambo long remained a local secret. Retrieved January 18, 2017.What is Macambo? - Macambo, also known as Mocambo, White Cacao, or the Jaguar Tree, is the lesser known cousin of the cacao plant. "Thousands mourn the death of Colo, the world's oldest zoo gorilla". ^ Schmidt, Samantha (January 18, 2017).^ "Columbus Zoo Announces the Death of Colo, World's Oldest Zoo Gorilla".^ "55-year-old gorilla dies at Dallas Zoo".Colo's Story: The Life of One Grand Gorilla. Grzimek's Animal life encyclopedia | Volume 10 - Mammals 1 (English ed.). ^ "Columbus - Gorilla Genealogy – Charts & Family Trees for Gorillas in Captivity".^ "World's Oldest Gorilla Celebrates Birthday at Columbus Zoo".^ a b "Columbus Zoo – Colo's Birthday!".^ Colo’s Story: The Life of One Grand Gorilla by Nancy Roe Pimm ISBN 978-0-984.Political Animals: Public Art in American Zoos and Aquariums. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press. Gorillas in Our Midst: The Story of the Columbus Zoo Gorillas. Encountering Gorillas: A Chronicle of Discovery, Exploitation, Understanding, and Survival. ^ "Colo, the oldest gorilla in captivity, dies aged 60". ![]() Genealogy Ĭolo was a mother to three, a grandmother to 16, a great-grandmother to 12, and a great-great-grandmother to three. The Columbus Zoo announced that Colo died in her sleep on January 17, 2017. Colo celebrated her 60th birthday on December 22, 2016. Ĭolo became the oldest living gorilla in captivity following the death of 55-year-old Jenny in September 2008. Colo and her progeny, five of whom are still held at the Columbus Zoo, comprised about one-third of the Zoo's 17 captive gorillas as of 2015. Ĭolo was held at the Columbus Zoo and has been there longer than any other animal in the zoo's captive animal collection. after "Jungle" Jack Hanna with whom he shares a birthday. Colo also acted as a guardian for her grandson, named J.J. Although Colo did not raise any of her own offspring, she reared her twin grandsons, Macombo II and Mosuba, from birth. ![]() A birth at the Henry Doorly Zoo made Colo a great-great-grandmother in 2003. On January 27, 1997, Colo's great-grandson Jantu was born. The infant was named Cora, short for Central Ohio Rare Ape. On April 25, 1979, Columbus Zoo had its first third generation birth. Colo and Bongo had two more offspring: Oscar, born July 18, 1969, and Toni, on December 28, 1971. Colo and Bongo had three offspring, the first on February 1, 1968, Emmy, a female. At the age of two years, Colo was introduced to a 19-month-old male from Africa called Bongo. They hand-raised her much like a human child, by dressing her in clothes and giving her bottles of formula. The gorilla was named Colo, short for the Columbus Zoo.Īfter she was rejected at birth by her mother, zookeepers had to hand-raise Colo. It was in 1956 that two gorillas first produced offspring in the zoo. The Columbus Zoo first introduced gorillas in 1951. Howard Brannon of Zanesville, Ohio, won the contest.) Colo's name was derived from the place of her birth, Columbus, Ohio. She was briefly called "Cuddles" before a contest was held to officially name her. Colo was born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to Millie Christina (mother) and Baron Macombo (father), and lived there for her entire life. org /web /20181212131459 /http: ///home /animals /meet-our-animals /colomemorialĬolo (Decem– January 17, 2017) was a western gorilla widely known as the first gorilla to be born in captivity anywhere in the world and the oldest known gorilla in the world in 2017. Western lowland gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla)Ĭolumbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, U.S.įirst gorilla born in captivity and oldest gorilla in captivity ![]()
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