Ozzie was the oldest male gorilla in the world when he died on Tuesday at the zoo in Atlanta. He was believed to be 61 years old. Zoo Atlanta hide caption
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Orphaned mountain gorilla Ndakasi lies in the arms of her caregiver Andre Bauma on Sept. 21, shortly before her death. Brent Stirton/Getty Images hide caption
Koko, the gorilla who became an ambassador to the human world through her ability to communicate, has died. She's seen here at age 4, telling psychologist Francine "Penny" Patterson (left) that she is hungry. In the center is June Monroe, an interpreter for the deaf at St. Luke's Church, who helped teach Koko. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Screen shot from a YouTube video clip from the film Mountain Gorilla: A Shattered Kingdom. YouTube hide caption
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump answers questions during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Video shot by a witness shows the 17-year-old gorilla handling the child and standing over him in the enclosure's moat. WLWT/Screen Shot by NPR hide caption