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Old 10-03-2003, 08:57 PM   #6
gossard187
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Re: Re: 10/3/2003: Albino gorilla has skin cancer

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Originally posted by quzah

How depressing. Almost 40 years in captivity. I wonder if he can even remember being free now...

Quzah.
I think "free" means different things to animals (not to start a huge thread here). He may or may not remember living in the wild, but 22 kids, all the food he needs, never having to defend himself from other males, he may have no problem living in captivity. after gorillas pass adolesence they calm down a great deal and probably don't care whether they are free to roam or not, because he was still satisfying all his feral "needs". This is all speculation of course.
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