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Article updated: 12/22/2012 9:44 PM

Oldest of zoo gorillas turns 56

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Colo eats some food Saturday as she celebrates her birthday.

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The Association of Zoos and Aquariums says the female western lowland gorilla named Colo is the oldest gorilla in any zoo. She was born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in 1956.