How to Use lowland gorilla in a Sentence

lowland gorilla

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• This is the first time in five years a western lowland gorilla has been born at the zoo.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 30 May 2023
• The 350-pound western lowland gorilla's cause of death is not yet known, the zoo said in a news release.
  — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 25 Jan. 2022
• The western lowland gorilla, one of four subspecies of the great ape.
  — NBC News, 26 Jan. 2022
• Western lowland gorillas may be found in the wild in six African countries, the zoo said.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
• This is the first time in nine years that a male western lowland gorilla has been born at the National Zoo.
  — Lyndsey Matthews, Country Living, 17 Apr. 2018
• In the last two decades, experts said, the number of western lowland gorillas in the wild has dropped by 60 percent.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
• In the wild, Western lowland gorillas might do it for a few seconds to reach food or wade into swamps.
  — David Caraccio, sacbee, 20 Mar. 2018
• In the wild, Western lowland gorillas like Louis might do it for a few seconds to reach food or wade into swamps.
  — Bloomberg.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Over the past two months, Kwame, a western lowland gorilla, has taken up the role left vacant by Leo, who passed away at age 40, in March.
  — Hannah Rodriguez, The Seattle Times, 9 Nov. 2018
• Okie, a 24-year-old male Western lowland gorilla, is one of two new primates at the zoo.
  — Carlie Kollath Wells, NOLA.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• Harambe was one of 10 western lowland gorillas at the Cincinnati Zoo.
  — Keely Brown, The Enquirer, 26 May 2023
• The death comes just weeks after Cassius, the zoo's 31-year-old breeding male lowlands gorilla, died.
  — Lainey Seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2018
• Western lowland gorilla born at Fort Worth Zoo The zoo says the adorable infant appears to be a healthy female.
  — Dave Alsup, CNN, 21 July 2023
• Below, groups of Gabon’s western lowland gorillas are being trained to be used to the sight of people in order to spur tourism.
  — Alexandra Wexler, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
• Ozzie, a Western lowland gorilla, was found dead in his enclosure by his care team at the age of 61 on Tuesday.
  — Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2022
• At 5 weeks, the young western lowland gorilla was seen to have two lower incisors.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 8 June 2018
• Koko, a western lowland gorilla born in San Francisco Zoo in 1971, comes to mind.
  — Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2022
• For every lion in the wild, there are 14 African elephants, and there are 15 Western lowland gorillas.
  — Olivia Prentzel, National Geographic, 18 July 2019
• The baby western lowland gorilla is female and shall, according to the zoo, be called Zahra.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 11 June 2023
• Among the other animals along the trail are meerkats and western lowland gorillas.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 June 2018
• The second cover, from 1985, showed the large western lowland gorilla cradling a kitten.
  — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 21 June 2018
• Chimpanzees sleep and eat in the trees; western lowland gorillas feed on their bark and pulp; and okapi use the dense vegetation to evade predators and poachers alike.
  — National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2020
• With the zoo still closed Moke, the young western lowland gorilla, marked his third birthday Thursday without our presence.
  — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
• For more than 30 years, the 58-year-old western lowland gorilla was known for drawing large crowds to the zoological park.
  — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2017
• Koko, the western lowland gorilla who learned to speak sign language and had an affinity for kittens, died in her sleep Wednesday.
  — Sophia Rosenbaum, Time, 21 June 2018
• The zoo welcomed the newborn Western lowland gorilla around noon on July 19.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 20 July 2023
• To put into context, there are more rhinos, Western lowland gorillas, and African elephants in the wild than there are lions.
  — National Geographic, 18 July 2019
• On Thursday, the zoo announced that a 19-year-old western lowland gorilla named Lulu gave birth on July 24.
  — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 26 July 2019
• The lowland gorillas at the Bronx Zoo tend to congregate indoors during the winter rather than roam around outside in their forest habitat.
  — The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2019
• Last Tuesday, the 8-by-12-foot glass fronts came down from dioramas of lowland gorillas and takin (a gnu goat from mountainous western China), and the sweet smell of old preservative filled the air.
  — Stephan Salisbury, Philly.com, 19 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024