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Ya Kwanza is now Jersey Zoo’s male silverback gorilla weighing in at 235kgs, sucsessor to our much loved Jambo. He was born on the 3rd June 1984. He was the first gorilla ever born in Melbourne Australia and the first gorilla to be born by artificial insemination. Hence the name "Ya Kwanza" which means "the first" in Swahili.
Ya Kwanza came to Jersey in 1993 at the age of 9 and at 22 he is now fully grown.
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