90th Birthday: First Gorillas
Posted at 7:44 am September 28, 2006 by Dennis Corbran![]()
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A guest services representative, relates the story of how Belle Benchley got the Zoo’s first gorillas, M’Bongo and N’Gagi.
“First Gorillas” is the seventh selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.







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