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.
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Zoos should be outlawed. Turn them into jails/prisons.
“ Per the video: Gorilla expert says gorillas don’t want people to make eye contact with them.”
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There’s a very funny Shaq story (only about 90 seconds) related to a gorilla and making eye contact: https://youtube.com/shorts/-r37JRGwneY?si=Z1cCTWIgyQHAzwDC
And there are still some people out there who think that they can take on a gorilla and win. It really makes you question whether or not we are smarter than the gorillas.
Those are things to go ape over, plus Jane Goodall’s death may have set him off.
As a child I was always afraid Bobo, the gorilla at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, would do just this.
Wonder if they gave the gorillas the jab?
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