Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
There really was a gorilla named Ivan, and he really did spend twenty-seven years performing in a mall circus before finally getting to spend the rest of his days in the zoo. (Source.)
Real deal Ivan was such a big hit that when controversy erupted over his life in captivity, Michael Jackson—the King of Pop himself—tried to give him a home at Neverland. He couldn't get the permits, but he had big plans to build Ivan a habitat fit for, well, a gorilla king. (Source.)
The little packs gorilla's live in are called troops. Anyone else picturing a bunch of gorilla's in scout uniforms? (Source.)