Silverback scuffle: Gorilla gets jaw surgery after battle at zoo
OMAHA, Neb. – It was a bit of a zoo at the Nebraska Medical Center over the weekend, when a special patient came in for jaw surgery.
Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla, needed a CT scan after a scuffle Thursday night with another gorilla, said Doug Armstrong, director of animal health at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. The zoo can't perform the scan, so it contacted the hospital, whose staff has been consulted on animal cases in the past.
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Don't panic but a Silverback got hurt
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Don't panic but a Silverback got hurt
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4/325 82d DIV 68-69
2nd Bde HHC (LRRP), 4 ID
K Co (Rgr), 75th Inf (Abn), 4 ID
69-70
I cooked with C- 4
Re: Don't panic but a Silverback got hurt
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Advisor, VN 66-68 69-70
42d Vn Ranger Battalion 1969-1970
Trainer, El Salvador 86-87
Advisor, Saudi Arabian National Guard 91, 93-94
75th RRA Life Member #867