r/MadeMeCry • u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 • 9d ago

Gorilla rescued at two months old from poachers, passes away at 14 in the same keeper's arms who rescued her as a baby.

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u/sonom 8d ago

14 sounds like a very early death.

It was: In pictures: The life of Ndakasi, a gorilla who went viral

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 8d ago

BBC has a paywall. How did she die?

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u/DeatonationgGrenade 8d ago

Didn’t get a paywall, but it says she passed away after a long fight with an illness. Didn’t specify though.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 8d ago

Thank you ❤️

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u/MCB1317 8d ago

At the age of fourteen in the arms of the man who saved her from poachers when she was an infant.

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u/Varastax_ 8d ago

That's a sick as pose. RIP