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| Ivan, a silverback gorilla who lived for 27 years in a Tacoma, Wash., shopping mall, chews on his finger at the Atlanta Zoo in 1996. The story was the inspiration for Katherine Applegate's book The One and Only Ivan. John Bazemore/AP |
Learn more about Ivan
- Meet 'Ivan': The Gorilla Who Lived In A Shopping Mall (click the play button to hear the radio show)
- Ivan the gorilla statue — and his legacy — unveiled in Tacoma (there's a video)
- Ivan Dies at Age 50: An Animal Obituary
