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{{Infobox animal
| name                    = Jumoke
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| species                 = [[Western lowland gorilla]] (''Gorilla gorilla gorilla'')
| gender                  = Female
| birth_date              = November 10th, 1989
| birth_place             = [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium]], [[Powell, Ohio]]
| death_date              = August 18th, 2008
| death_place             = [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium]], [[Powell, Ohio]]
| death_cause             = Miscarriage complications
| resting_place           = 
| resting_place_coordinates = 
| residence               = [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium]] in [[Powell, Ohio]]
| parents                 = Toni (mother)
| children                = 
}}
'''Jumoke''' (November 10, 1989 – August 18, 2008) was a [[western lowland gorilla]] at the [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium]] in [[Powell, Ohio]].

== Life ==
Jumoke was born on November 10, 1989, at the [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium]].<ref name=ColZoo>Docent Newsletter, The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: September 2008</ref> She was the daughter of Toni and granddaughter of [[Colo (gorilla)|Colo]], the first gorilla born in captivity.<ref name=Gray /> Jumoke was hand-reared until she was 18 months old.<ref name=ColZoo />  While being raised, the keepers would snap their fingers as they came towards the room to make sure she was not startled. She learned from observation how to snap her fingers and smile, and would often do these things when bored or towards people. Because she was hand raised she had a hard time raising her own offspring and required the assistance of surrogates. Jumoke however did save the life of her son Jontu who was not breathing at birth. She put Jontu's head to her mouth and started breathing for him.<ref name=ColZoo />

Jumoke died unexpectedly on August 18, 2008. The cause of death is believed to be complications from an earlier miscarriage.<ref name=ColZoo /><ref name=Gray>Kathy Gray (August 21, 2008). [http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/08/21/jumoke.ART_ART_08-21-08_B8_59B3IUA.html?sid=101 "Gorilla lost fetus before dying"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523033834/http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/08/21/jumoke.ART_ART_08-21-08_B8_59B3IUA.html?sid=101 |date=2011-05-23 }}, ''[[The Columbus Dispatch]]''.</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of individual apes]]

==Notes==
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{{Notable apes}}

[[Category:1989 animal births]]
[[Category:2008 animal deaths]]
[[Category:Individual gorillas]]
[[Category:Individual primates in the United States]]


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