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1980 January April Alpha andherdaughter, Babs, are Samson arrivesatBrookfieldZooon Babs. Samson isintroducedtoAlphaand to off-exhibitareasinTropic World. moved fromtheoldPrimateHouse breeding loanfromBuffaloZoo. A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas December September 1981 October Aquilina is born toAlpha and Aquilina isborn toBabs andSamson. Becky isborn Samson, Alpha,andBabsare Samson. introduced totheexhibit. Samson Aquilina and Alpha Babs and Becky A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

1982 May Tropic World: Africaopensto the public. Samson with visitors A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

May 1983 Tropic World: Asiaopens. Otis Bornean orangutan Otis Bornean A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

1984 June May Tropic World: SouthAmericaopens. Alpha becomespregnant for thesecondtimebySamson. Tropic World: South America A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

February 1985 Jabari is born toAlpha andSamson. Jabari isborn “brave andfearless.” The nameJabarimeans“ruler”or Jabari and Alpha A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

February 1986 At 25yearsold,Betastarts arthritis. tohelpherbattle surgery to undergohip-replacement Beta A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas December 1987 May Becky issenttoBuffaloZooon Lincoln ParkZooonbreedingloan. on breedingloan.Bassaarrivesfrom Aquilina issenttoLincolnParkZoo breeding loan. Becky Bassa A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas September 1988 March April June May July handrearing. unknown cause andistakenoffexhibit for Kwizera receives askullfracturefrom an loan fromCincinnatiZoo. Ndume arrivesatBrookfield Zooonbreeding Audubon Zooonbreeding loan. arrivesfrom Lincoln ParkZoo.Chicory Lincoln ParkZoo.Bassa is sentbackto toBrookfieldZoofromAquilina returns taken offexhibitforhandrearing. war betweenAlphaandBassa.Heis Kwisha’s isbrokeninatug-of- rightarm Kwisha, whichmeans“thelast.” Samson’s lastoffspring,heisnamed toAlphaandSamson.AsKwisha isborn a braintumor. means “tohope.”Samsonbecomesillanddiesof toBabsandSamson.HernameKwizera isborn

Kwisha Chicory Kwizera A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas December November 1989 August July A male infant is born toAquilina A maleinfantisborn Jabari issenttoSt.LouisZoo Kwizera isreintroducedtoher Kwisha isreintroducedtohis and dies. and Ndume,buthefails to nurse become partofabachelorgroup. handrearing. mother, Babs,after11monthsof handrearing. mother, Alpha,after14monthsof Babs and Kwizera A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

1990 August Baraka is born toBabs and Baraka isborn “a blessing.” Ndume. Hernamemeans Baraka A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas December September February 1991 August June

Ndume joins female Koko at the Gorilla Foundation Ndume joinsfemaleKokoatthe GorillaFoundation toAquilina andNdume. Zuza isborn Ndume issentbacktoCincinnatiZoo. toAlphaandNdume. Mtu Chumaisborn Binti JuaarrivesfromSanFranciscoZooon chooses Ndumeasamate. Koko,thesigninggorilla,supposedly in California. Zuza becausehefailstonurse. His namemeans“gift.”Keepershandrear His namemeans“manofiron.” of sunshine.” breeding loan.Hernamemeans“daughter Mtu Chuma Binti Jua A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

1992 July Abe arrivesatBrookfieldZooonbreedingloanfrom male. group providesthestabilizinginfluenceofanadult and hasnotyetreproduced,hispresenceinthe DoorlyZoo.AlthoughAbeisolder(about36) Henry Abe A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

1993 July Kwizera issenttoBuffaloZooon of handrearedinfantssimilarages. Pittsburgh Zootobepartofagroup breeding loan.Zuzaissentto Zuza (at lower left) with part of his social group at Pittsburgh Zoo Kwizera A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

February 1994 June Kwisha issenttoToledo Zoo hasthreeepisodesof Chicory on breedingloan. hasalife-threateningtumor.Chicory disorder. AnMRI reveals that system what appeartobeanervous Kwisha Chicory’s MRI A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

February 1995 March May Abe diesdueto toBabs Bana isborn toBinti JuaandAbe. Koola isborn complications. age-related health Bana means“tohold.” and Chicory. Thename gorilla-chimpanzee hybrid. a mythicalcreaturethoughttobe of theword“koolakamba,”represents The nameKoola,whenusedaspart Babs and Bana Binti and Koola A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas December September 1996 August Akanyi ismovedtoColumbus toAquilina and Akanyi isborn A three-year-oldboyaccidentally fostering program. Zoo toparticipateinasurrogate/ Chicory. Binti Juacarrieshimtosafety. falls intothegorillaexhibitand Binti Jua A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

January 1997 June July Beta ishousedwiththeSyke’s Mtu ChumaissenttoDisney’s Aquilina issenttoDallasZooon and environmentalenrichment. guenon groupforcompanionship part ofabachelorgroup. Animal Kingdomtobecome shebecomespregnant. breeding loan.Shortlyafterherarrival, Sykes Guenon

Beta A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas December November October 1998 August June

Ramar issuccessfullyintroduced to diesunexpectedly.Chicory Acauseof Babs isfoundtobepregnant. the gorillagroupand exhibit. breeding loan.He is here to succeed Chicory. Ramar arrivesfromNorthCarolina Zooon of motion. help herincreasestrengthandrange of Loyola University Medical Center to Beta beginsreceivingtherapyfromstaff death isnotimmediatelydetermined. isthefather.Chicory Ramar A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

February 1999 Babs’ babyisstillborn. A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas September 2000 Animal care staff observe that Animal carestaffobserve in hernestlongerthemorning. eats less,islessactive,andstays Baraka, aftermatingwithRamar, A pregnant Baraka A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

2001 April Nadaya is born toBaraka andRamar.Nadaya isborn and Ramararefirst-timeparents. His namemeans“first.”BothBaraka Ramar, Baraka, and Nadaya. A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

2002 January March April Animal care staff begin participating in a long-term, Animal carestaffbeginparticipatinginalong-term, Animal carestaffstarttrainingthe gorilla. the socketheal—thefirst time everfora They useahumanbone graft tohelp a toothsocketfromprevious extraction. a rootcanaloncanine tooth, andrepair perform can removeabonespurand corn, Ramar ishand-injectedsoveterinarians multizoo studytoseeiffemalegorillashavemenopause. sedation foranimalsandstaff. procedures, reducingthestressof to receiveaninjectionformedical gorillas topresenttheirupperarm

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2003 May browse year-round. up innovativewaystoprovide Animal carestaffbeginthinking Ramar A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas December September 2004 February April Babs diesafteralong toKoolaandRamar.Kamba isborn This Baraka developesperitonitis,aninfection Results fromthemenopausestudythatbeganin2002 kidney disease. battle withchronic is Koola’s firstinfant. Nadaya. roleforhergrandson assumes thematernal causes herdeath.GrandmotherBabs reproductive organs,whichultimately resulting inanundetectedabscessher that takesoverherabdominalcavity, show thatgorillafemalesdoreachmenopause. Babs Koola and Baraka Kamba A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas May 2005 Bakari is born toBinti andRamar.Bakari isborn His will succeed.” 2,000 entries,anditmeans"onewho name ischoseninacontestfromover Bakari A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas November 2006 aspects ofgorillaheartdisease. physicians convenetodiscussall veterinarians, pathologists,and is thefirsttimethatanimalcarestaff, A symposiumheldatBrookfieldZoo Species Survival plan ® A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas September 2007 April Beta’s again.Auterine bleedingreturns Beta undergoesahydrothermal fibroid embolizationstopsthebleeding. heavily.which returns birth controlpillstostopthebleeding, uterus. Animalcarestaffhadgivenher ablation todestroyafibroidinher Beta’s uterine fibroid embolization Beta A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas December 2008 Beta Gorilladiesatage47. Beta A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

2009 March Alpha, longtimematriarchof dies atage48. Brookfield Zoo’s gorillagroup, Alpha A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

2010 April Female gorillaBanamoves downtown toLincolnParkZoo. Bana A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

2011 March July Nadaya andBakariare Competition andsome transferred toSt.LouisZoo. Nadaya. between Ramarandhisson, aggression starttooccur Nadaya and Bakari A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

2012 April May JoJo arrivesatBrookfieldZoo. Ramar movesintoretirement. Ramar in retirement JoJo A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas November 2013 Nora is born toKoola andJoJo. Nora isborn Koola and Nora Koola and Nora A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas

2014 Fall developmental milestones. Nora crawl,amongothernormal Animal carestaffbeginseeing Nora Koola and Nora Nora A History of Tropic World’s Gorillas B. August 19,1990 B. March17,1988 Binti Jua Baraka D. 2004 D. 2009 Alpha B. 1961 D. 2008 B. 1961 Beta B. October10,1981 Ramar Ramar Samson B. 1968 B. 1968 D. 1988 D. 1975 D. 1995 B. 1961 B. 1950 B. 1956 Ndume Babe Abe B. December15,1981 B. February 21,1995 B. February B. February 5,1985 B. February B. April28,1988 B. July12,1974 B. April 4, 2001 B. May2,2005 B. June28,1991 Aquilina Mtu Chuma Nadaya Kwisha D. 2000 Koola D. 2013 D. 2004 Bakari Jabari Babs D. 2001 B. October10,1981 B. April30,1980 B. May15,1985 B. October10,1981 Samson Chicory Ramar Ndume B. May15,1985 B. 1968 D. 1988 D. 1998 B. 1961 JoJo Chicory Ndume D. 1998 B. October15,1981 B. August19,1990 B. March11,1988 B. September1,2004 B. November4,2013 B. March6,1995 B. September3,1996 Kwizera Baraka D. 2011 D. 2004 B. September16,1991 Becky Kamba Bana Nora Akanyi D. 1997 Zuza B. April30,1980 Tropic World. Animals showninboldareonexhibit JoJo Tropic World Tropic World Fam male female Gorilla B. September23,2015 ily offspring produced mating pair Zachary Tree