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08 Apr, 2008

Robust gorillas mysteriously dying in zoos

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**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 6** This photo provided by the Smithsonian Institution shows Mopie, a western lowland gorilla who died in 2006, at the National Zoo in Washington, DC in August, 2005. Gorillas in zoos around the nation, particularly males and those in their 20s and 30s, have been falling ill _ and sometimes dying suddenly _ from progressive heart ailments ranging from aneurisms to valvular disease to cardiomyopathy. Zookeepers are scrambling to understand what factors may be causing the illnesses and what might be done to save the 368 lowland gorillas that currently reside in 52 zoos across North America. (AP Photo/Smithsonian Institution)Gorillas in zoos around the nation, particularly males and those in their 20s and 30s, have been falling ill — and sometimes dying suddenly — from progressive heart ailments ranging from aneurisms to valvular disease to cardiomyopathy.


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