Editing Colo (gorilla) (section)

{{Short description|Western lowland gorilla}}
{{Infobox animal
| name         = Colo
| image        = ColoAtZoo.JPG
| caption      = Colo, photographed March 5, 2009
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| species      = [[Western lowland gorilla]] (''[[Gorilla gorilla gorilla]]'') 
| gender       = Female
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1956|12|22}}
| birth_place  = [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium]], [[Powell, Ohio|Powell]] in [[Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2017|01|17|1956|12|22|mf=yes}}
| death_place  = Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, U.S.
| employer     =
| known_for = First gorilla born in captivity and oldest gorilla in captivity
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| website      = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20181212131459/http://www.columbuszoo.org/home/animals/meet-our-animals/colomemorial}}
}}

'''Colo''' (December 22, 1956 – January 17, 2017) was a [[western gorilla]] widely known as the first [[gorilla]] to be born in captivity anywhere in the world and the [[Oldest_hominids#Gorillas|oldest known gorilla]] in the world in 2017.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38659471| title = Colo, the oldest gorilla in captivity, dies aged 60| work = BBC News| access-date = January 18, 2017| date = January 18, 2017| archive-date = October 21, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211021215114/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38659471| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Newman2013">{{cite book|author=James L. Newman|title=Encountering Gorillas: A Chronicle of Discovery, Exploitation, Understanding, and Survival|url=https://archive.org/details/encounteringgori0000newm|url-access=registration|date=5 July 2013|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-1957-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encounteringgori0000newm/page/125 125]–8}}</ref><ref name="Gorillas in Our Midst: The Story of the Columbus Zoo Gorillas">{{cite book|last1=Lyttle|first1=Jeff|title=Gorillas in Our Midst: The Story of the Columbus Zoo Gorillas|date=1997|publisher=Ohio State University Press|location=Columbus, Ohio|isbn=9780814207666}}</ref><ref name="DonahueTrump2007">{{cite book|author1=Jesse Donahue|author2=Erik Trump|title=Political Animals: Public Art in American Zoos and Aquariums|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tb-fdQcUxdYC&pg=PA99|year=2007|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-1120-8|pages=99–102}}</ref> Colo was born at the [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium]] to Millie Christina (mother) and Baron Macombo (father), and lived there for her entire life. She was briefly called "Cuddles" before a contest was held to officially name her. (Mrs. Howard Brannon of Zanesville, Ohio, won the contest.)<ref>Colo’s Story: The Life of One Grand Gorilla by Nancy Roe Pimm {{ISBN|978-0-9841554-4-6}}</ref> Colo's name was derived from the place of her birth, [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Ohio]].<ref name=columbuszoo>{{cite web|url=https://columbuszoo.org/colo/|title=Columbus Zoo – Colo's Birthday!|access-date=2016-09-08|archive-date=2015-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714051241/https://columbuszoo.org/colo/|url-status=dead}}</ref>