Anna Caplan
A gorilla hopped her enclosure Saturday at the Houston Zoo to hang with the hogs.
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Holli, a 28-year-old western lowland gorilla, found her way into the neighboring red river hogs’ exhibit around 1 p.m. The two species share a habitat, but are separated.
No one knows just yet how the primate did it, but as a precaution, zoo officials closed the African Forest area until the gorilla was led back home.
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“The gorilla was never outside animal containment, and guests were not in danger at any time,” the zoo said in a statement.
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The gorillas and hogs have a checkered history. When the exhibit opened in 2015, one of Holli’s mates instigated a fight by throwing food at the pigs.
“The hogs did not respond to that,” primate supervisor Jill Moyse said the time. “To them it’s just food.”
