This Elusive Gorilla Did Not Want Anyone Approaching Until They Noticed His Hands Don’t Look

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Bobo might have weighed around 350 pounds, but his heart was made of gold. He was the kind of leader that did not need to use fear or intimidation to win his peers’ respect and loyalty.

That is not to say that he was completely placid, however. There are plenty of violent power struggles within the primate world, and any challenger for the throne will not sit there without a good few scrapes. Bobo would not go down without a fight.

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One of Bobo’s main human guardians is called Elissa, who described how two confident youths called Nkamum and Kibu decided to take Bobo on for the crown. Needless to say, their efforts were in vain, and they have yet to try a coup since.

In time, Bobo would begin to act strangely and not at all like his usual self. Elissa noticed how her beloved gorilla was not himself, and took note of his changes in behavior.