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This Gorilla Doesn't Like Getting His Hands Muddy, So He Walks Like a Human

Same though.
AMY B WANG, THE WASHINGTON POST
21 MAR 2018

A couple dozen steps. Two fistfuls of tomatoes. A perfectly upright posture.

That was all it took to launch Louis, an 18-year-old male western lowland gorilla at the Philadelphia Zoo, to viral fame.

It started in early March, when zookeepers filmed Louis standing on two legs, like a human, strutting from one side of his enclosure to another. In his hands, he clutched a few small, red-orange blobs.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-gorilla-doesn-t-like-getting-his-hands-muddy-so-he-walks-like-a-human