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Zoo Gorilla Plays With a Kid's Dropped Nintendo

Is there a serious message here?
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Chris Spicuzza
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
animal studies

Yes, says Barbara King, the author of Being With Animals, who took to her Twitter: "Zoo animals need enrichment for their minds!" 

Photographer Chris Spicuzza just happened to be at the San Francisco Zoo when the boy dropped his Nintendo DS in the gorilla exhibit and captured what happened next in an amazing series of photos and live on camera.

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