Gorilla Bokito has chicken pox

Bokito, the Rotterdam gorilla who became world famous after jumping out of his enclosure and attacking woman in May this year, has chicken pox, the Blijdorp zoo authorities said on Wednesday.


The silverback gorilla probably caught the infection from a visitor, the zoo said.

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