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Startling Video Captures Gorilla Smashing Glass Wall of San Diego Zoo Enclosure
New York Post ^ | Oct. 13, 2025 | Zoe Hussain

Posted on 10/13/2025 10:28:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A massive gorilla was seen charging at the wall of its enclosure at a California zoo, smashing a portion of a thick glass panel in front of horrified onlookers, shocking video captured.

Denny, a 10-year-old western lowland gorilla, shattered one layer of a three-layered tempered glass panel at the San Diego Zoo’s gorilla forest habitat on Saturday, zoo officials confirmed in a statement to The Post. Footage obtained by CBS8 captured him catapulting toward the glass wall, causing several onlookers to gasp and scream as they walked away from the habitat. Images also showed members of the crowd investigating the partially shattered panel, following the smashing session.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: gorillas; sandiego; zoo



How can people be so stupid? Just make the gorilla enclosures out of the same material they use for gorilla-proof luggage!


Gorilla vs. luggage 1980
AMERICAN TOURISTER - The Gorilla Commercial 1971

1 posted on 10/13/2025 10:28:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Was this on the Gorilla Channel?


2 posted on 10/13/2025 10:29:16 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: nickcarraway
Western lowland gorilla breaks looking glass panel at San Diego Zoo
3 posted on 10/13/2025 10:29:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Put some Gorilla Glue on it.


4 posted on 10/13/2025 10:35:40 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: nickcarraway

I’m the only guy in town with an oryx/gemsbock skull on the side of my house.It oulays my deer elk sheep goats and hogs.

I need a whales head and a couple of bear.


5 posted on 10/13/2025 10:43:31 PM PDT by waterhill (Nobody cares, work harder!)
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To: nickcarraway

HILLARY???

Oh, wait, that was “The Glass Ceiling.”

My bad.


6 posted on 10/13/2025 10:47:28 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: nickcarraway

Were there Nikes and jewelry on the other side?


7 posted on 10/13/2025 10:50:48 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: nickcarraway

Denny wants to make a trip to New York City.

8 posted on 10/13/2025 11:01:39 PM PDT by henbane (✧ π•π”Έβ„•π•Œπ”Έβ„π• 𝟚𝟘 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝--𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 π•„π”Έπ”Ύβ„•π•€π”½π•€β„‚π•Œπ•Š ✧)
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To: nickcarraway

I used to go to the San Diego zoo a lot.
I also went the Zoo in Seattle.

One thing I always sensed was the large
primates were not happy.
If it was people teasing them
(which is a big no-no) or they
have a sense of privacy, that
we ignore, I don’t know.
I suspect places like Lion country Safari,
where the animals are free to room and
the humans are trapped in their cars,
is much better than a typical zoo.
Although San Diego Zoo is one of the
best zoos in the country. Not all Zoos
are that rich and ethical.


10 posted on 10/13/2025 11:09:27 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: nickcarraway

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-jCSKED8FDQ&pp=ygUaU2VpbmZlbGQsIGJhcnJ5IHRoZSBtb25rZXk%3D


11 posted on 10/13/2025 11:10:20 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: rellic

Can’t say I blame him,
I’d be pissed too..


12 posted on 10/14/2025 12:19:42 AM PDT by A strike (Why is the UnitedStates at war with Russia? fmi6)
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To: nickcarraway

Per the video: Gorilla expert says gorillas don’t want people to make eye contact with them. Just pretend they are not there, until it breaks through the glass, then run.


14 posted on 10/14/2025 12:29:22 AM PDT by CW_Conservative
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To: nickcarraway

Why is the policeman there? Are they going to arrest the gorilla?


15 posted on 10/14/2025 1:53:14 AM PDT by Jemian (It is great to be an Auburn Tiger! War Eagle!)
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To: waterhill

RFKJ, is that you?


16 posted on 10/14/2025 2:09:55 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: nickcarraway

“I want my friggin bananas! Gimme my bananas! Now! and stop looking at me! Who built this crappy glass wall anyway? Did they go to school? Just don’t forget about Planet of the Apes!”


17 posted on 10/14/2025 3:19:34 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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Did the zookeepers forget to add dipping sauce with its McNuggets?


18 posted on 10/14/2025 5:12:55 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: henbane

Kong!


19 posted on 10/14/2025 5:38:22 AM PDT by sopo
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To: sopo

Climate Change!

And Trump!

And the gaza genocide... restaeted by hamas


20 posted on 10/14/2025 6:15:22 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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