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DALLAS -
The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo -- her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday.Zoo officials decided to euthanize Jenny on Thursday night because of an inoperable tumor in her stomach. Jenny had stopped eating and drinking recently, and tests showed she was unlikely to recover, zoo spokesman Sean Greene said.Gorillas in the wild normally live to 30 or 35, but they can survive years longer in a zoo. Still, of the roughly 360 gorillas in North American zoos, only four were over 50 as of this spring.
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