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@BuffZooGorilla alarms Twitterers

For Koga, the escaped Buffalo Zoo gorilla, a brief taste of freedom included signing up for a Twitter account.

 

Kris Holt

IRL

Posted on Mar 20, 2012   Updated on Jun 2, 2021, 7:47 pm CDT

As if the prospect of a 400-pound gorilla on the rampage wasn’t terrifying enough, the world gained a glimpse at the inner thoughts of a primate after he escaped from his cage at the Buffalo Zoo.

On Monday, Koga escaped from the upstate New York zoo into an aisle where a zookeeper was working, and bit her on the hand and calf. The zoo’s animal-escape team was able to tranquilize Koga before he could cause any more harm.

However, it seems that Koga managed to obtain a smartphone and learn how to tweet. Or, rather, he followed the trail and pawprints of the Bronx Zoo Cobra, Bronx Zoo Peacock, and Anfield Cat by having a human create a parody account for him.

Photo by Kabir Bakie

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*First Published: Mar 20, 2012, 3:23 pm CDT