![]() How Grant Morrison didn’t use the Mod Gorilla Boss in his run on Animal Man is anyone’s guess, but one has to assume that any shared superhero universe has room for a primate crime lord in a zoot suit. Sadly, The Mod Gorilla Boss only appeared once, taking on Animal Man in the monkey Mod’s first and only 1967 appearance. Go ahead, track yourself down a copy of Strange Adventures #201 and try not to read the Mod Gorilla Boss’s dialogue as Edward G. The Mod Gorilla Boss First Ape-earance: Strange Adventures #201 (1967) Created by Carmine Infantino and Jack Sparling Djuba fought side by side with B’Wana Beast in both of the jungle hero’s appearances in Showcasemostly because the Beast needed something to direct expository dialogue towards. ![]() Yes, Batman had Robin, Green Arrow had Speedy, Flash had Kid Flash, but B’Wana Beast had the help of a loyal ape. Djuba First Ape-earance: Showcase #66 (1967) Created by Bob Haney and Mike Sekowskyĭjuba was the faithful simian companion of the hero known as B’Wana Beast. Apex! I GET IT NOW!!! Monkey puns make everything better. Jeez, I thought this was supposed to be a light and breezy article. So she was a brainwashed super ape that went nuts and was also a double amputee. ![]() Due to her reprogramming, after witnessing the betrayal of her teammate Moonglow, Ape X was unable to turn against her teammate, so the poor monkey’s brain snapped and she went into a coma.Īpe X used a tank treaded chair thingie to move around because she had her legs and lower torso amputated. She turned to crime before she became one of the first villains to fall victim to the mind alteration process that forcefully reformed all the villains in the Squadron Supreme universe into heroic drones devoid of chaotic thoughts. If you have never read the 1985-1986 Squadron Supreme mini-series by the late, great Mark Gruenwald and artist Bob Hall…what the heck are you waiting for? In many ways it’s Marvel’s version of Watchmenwithout the cussin’.Īnyway, before her trainer died, Ape X was an experiment in enhanced intelligence that made her into a genius level thinker. Three are female and live at the Barcelona Zoo.First Ape-earance: Squadron Supreme #5 (1985)Created by Mark Gruenwald and Bob HallĪpe X was a former villain in Marvel’s Squadron Supreme universe. Snowflake had three gorilla girlfriends, who were the mothers of the 21 children that he fathered. Snowflake was a male Western lowland gorilla. ) A famous albino gorilla that lived for 40 years at the Barcelona Zoo got its white coloring by way of inbreeding, new research shows. (Image credit: Photographic archive of the Barcelona Zoo. In his 37 years at the Barcelona zoo, he fathered 22 offspring with three different females. ![]() The gorilla was thought to be between 38 and 40 years old. It is caused by a lack of tyrosinase – an enzyme involved in the production of melanin, which is what causes skin colour and an increase in melanin is what causes skin to tan. Snowflake the albino gorilla died of skin cancer in 2003. Snowflake What happened to Snowflake the albino gorilla? As the only known white gorilla in the world, Snowflake was a zoo celebrity until his death of skin cancer in 2003. He was born in the wild and captured in 1966 by villagers in Equatorial Guinea. x26quot Snowflake was the conjunction of two very rare events.x26quot Are there still white gorillas? X26quot This explains why only one albino western lowland gorilla has ever been found,x26quot Marques-Bonet told National Geographic. How many white gorillas are in the world? ![]() But while Snowflake may be gone, his legacy remains. u201cUntil the end Snowflake enjoyed a fantastic quality of life, interacting normally with his children and grandchildren,u201d said the zoo’s chief, Jesus Fernandez. The end came on November 24, 2003, when Snowflake died from cancer. white hair, light eyes, pink skin, photophobia and reduced visual acuity. He was diagnosed with non-syndromic oculocutaneous albinism, i.e. The only known albino gorilla, named Snowflake, was a male wild born individual from Equatorial Guinea who lived at the Barcelona Zoo for almost 40 years. ![]()
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