Nonja, who was born on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and lived in Miami since 1983, was found dead Saturday morning, said Ron Magill, spokesman for the Miami Metro Zoo."Everybody's very sad, especially with an animal like an orangutan," Magill said. "You see a lot of yourself in these animals. The great apes are our closest relatives."
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World's Oldest Known Orangutan Dies
Category: Orangutan
Posted on: December 30, 2007 6:09 PM, by Greg Laden
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