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Barney, left, runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds, gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug, while Caroline, the gorilla in the picture (...)
Barney, left, runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds, gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug, while Caroline, the gorilla in the picture (...)

Barney, left, runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds, gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug, while Caroline, the gorilla in the picture (...)

Date8/12/1977
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  • Barney; left; runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds; gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug; while Caroline; the gorilla in the picture on the right; could be whispering a secret to 26-year-old Miss Ervine.
  • Barney, left, runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds, gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug, while Caroline, the gorilla in the picture (...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Barney; left; runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds; gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug; while Caroline; the gorilla in the picture on the right; could be whispering a secret to 26-year-old Miss Ervine.
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      Barney, left, runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds, gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug, while Caroline, the gorilla in the picture (...)
      Barney, left, runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds, gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug, while Caroline, the gorilla in the picture (...)
      Mahler, John
      8/12/1977
      Loving care. Gill Dinnarr, a keeper at Metro Zoo, gives 3-week-old gorilla tender loving care after baby was rejected by her mother. Gorilla will depe(...)
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      Cooper, David
      11/26/1980
      Grateful gorilla: Zookeeper Linda Ervine holds 2-year-old gorilla and its new security blanket
      Grateful gorilla: Zookeeper Linda Ervine holds 2-year-old gorilla and its new security blanket
      Metropolitan Toronto Zoo
      8/16/1982
      Mother and . . . Caroline, 11-year-old gorilla at Metro Zoo with her first baby which was born May 18 but whose sex zoo officials can't tell to this d(...)
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      Metropolitan Toronto Zoo
      6/10/1983
      Zoo babies: Metro Toronto Zoo keeper Lydia Attard holds two baby lowland gorillas, Jabari and Patrick
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      Metropolitan Toronto Zoo
      2/22/1991
      Riverdale zoo's new gorilla likes to nibble on human legs
      Riverdale zoo's new gorilla likes to nibble on human legs
      Teskey, Frank
      7/13/1965
      U.S.-Canada accord. Metro zoo workers Dianne Devison, left, and Juliana So show off their charges, infant lowland gorillas. Patrick, 9, months, was bo(...)
      U.S.-Canada accord. Metro zoo workers Dianne Devison, left, and Juliana So show off their charges, infant lowland gorillas. Patrick, 9, months, was bo(...)
      Loek, Dick
      2/5/1991
      Josh is a rare lowland gorilla, born at the Metro zoo on May 15
      Josh is a rare lowland gorilla, born at the Metro zoo on May 15
      Metropolitan Toronto Zoo
      8/30/1990
      Monkey business This 5-month-old baby gorilla, born last fall at the Metro Zoo, seems to be deciding whether its furry look-alike toy will be too much(...)
      Monkey business This 5-month-old baby gorilla, born last fall at the Metro Zoo, seems to be deciding whether its furry look-alike toy will be too much(...)
      Loek, Dick
      3/13/1981
      Gee, what awful table manners!, A group of children who came to the Metro Zoo to wish gorillas Tabitha and Natasha bon voyage yesterday are engrossed (...)
      Gee, what awful table manners!, A group of children who came to the Metro Zoo to wish gorillas Tabitha and Natasha bon voyage yesterday are engrossed (...)
      Bull, Ron
      4/15/1984
      Zany Zoo: Being chief inspector to the Newmarket-based Ontario Humane Society brought Don Hepworth face to face with critters he'd rather forget, including a gorilla in a Thornhill garage
      Zany Zoo: Being chief inspector to the Newmarket-based Ontario Humane Society brought Don Hepworth face to face with critters he'd rather forget, including a gorilla in a Thornhill garage
      Irish, Paul
      4/28/1988
      You wouldn't like it either! This big gorilla hangs out at City Tire at the corner of Queen and Jarvis Sts
      You wouldn't like it either! This big gorilla hangs out at City Tire at the corner of Queen and Jarvis Sts
      Slaughter, Mike
      2/6/1985