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A history of viral animals: From stolen pet dogs escaping in China to Punch the lonely monkey

For decades, online culture has transformed pets and zoo fauna into global public figures and social avatars ...

She was rejected by her mom following a C-section birth at the Fort Worth Zoo. Now, this two-year-old gorilla is thriving in Cleveland.

Before the world went bonkers for Japan's viral macaque Punch, Fort Worth had Jameela -- a prematurely born gorilla also ...