'Break dancing gorilla' is latest internet star

A resident of the Calgary Zoo in Canada, nine-year-old Zola, has become the latest internet video star. All thanks to a YouTube clip that shows him stomping and spinning, as if he were breakdancing, says Daily Mail.

According to Zola's current keepers, he 'loves to play in water and keepers regularly give him the opportunity to do so as part of the enrichment activities they plan and vary on a daily basis', said the daily.

Zola was moved from the Bronx Zoo in New York City to the Calgary Zoo two years ago along with three other young gorillas.

On Friday, June 17 at about 3:30 pm, the Calgary Zoo posted a short video on YouTube and their Facebook page of Zola playing in a puddle of water.

Within 72 hours, the video had been viewed more than 15,000 times, said the paper.

Zola is part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Gorilla Species Survival Plan.

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