Bokito (gorilla)

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Bokito (14 March 1996 – 4 April 2023) was a male western gorilla born in captivity, who lived most of his life in Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He became the subject of considerable international media coverage after escaping from his enclosure on 18 May 2007, abducting a female visitor and severely injuring her. The incident made him Blijdorp's best-known animal.

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