^ "Colo, the oldest gorilla in captivity, dies aged 60".GenealogyĬolo 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 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. 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. 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 fromĪfrica called Bongo.
They hand-raised her much like a human child, by dressing her in clothes and giving her bottles ofįormula. 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, She was briefly called "Cuddles" before a contest was held to officially name her. Colo was born at theĬolumbus Zoo and Aquarium to Millie Christina (mother) and Baron Macombo (father), and lived there for her entire life. Oldest known gorilla in the world in 2017. Gorilla to be born in captivity anywhere in the world and the Western gorilla widely known as the first Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, U.S.Ĭolumbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, U.S.įirst gorilla born in captivity and oldest gorilla in captivity Western lowland gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
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