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Exclusive: Silverback Gorilla Kumbuka attacks his enclosure before he escapes London Zoo
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Exclusive: Silverback Gorilla Kumbuka attacks his enclosure before he escapes London Zoo
  • Published_at:2016-10-13
  • Category:Entertainment
  • Channel:Daily Mail
  • tags: gorilla london zoo london zoo escape silverback kumbuka escaping enclosure window smash jump england britain monkey ape
  • description: This is the moment an angry gorilla began smashing his way out of his enclosure at London Zoo and escaped for more than 90 minutes. The 7ft-tall 29 stone silverback called Kumbuka charged at the glass, where some 50 visitors were looking at him. Eyewitnesses told MailOnline that they were warned not to look Kumbuka in the eye as it agitates him - minutes before he smashed his way out of his enclosure. Visitors to the zoo were in lockdown in various sites across the site, including a butterfly enclosure and a cafe as armed keepers scoured the grounds hunting the missing gorilla. The Metropolitan Police joined in the hunt with the Air Support Unit providing air cover and using its heat-seeking camera to find the animal. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3836773/Armed-keepers-chase-Gorilla-escaped-London-Zoo.html#ixzz4MzyMCJAP Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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