UNN’s only surviving Chimpanzee dies at 50
The only surviving Chimpanzee in the University of Nigeria Nsukka Zoo has died at the age of 50.
The revelation was made, on Wednesday, by Prof Chris Okoye, the Head of Department, Zoology and Environmental Studies.
According to him, the Chimpanzee has since been embalmed. The female chimpanzee, usually referred as his wife, died five years ago and since then the male had been lonely.