By Gina Cherelus<\/p>\n
(Reuters) – The first gorilla born in captivity has returned to her enclosure at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio after recovering from successful surgery last week to remove a malignant tumor, the zoo said.<\/p>\n
“She got presents and was very active and engaged. She’s on view and she looks great,” Patty Peters, the zoo’s spokeswoman, said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Veterinarians at the zoo removed the mass from under the arm of Colo, a 59-year-old female gorilla, on Dec. 3, the zoo said in a statement. Days later, a pathology report confirmed that the tumor was malignant.<\/p>\n
There was no sign that the tumor had spread and no additional treatment on Colo was planned, officials said in the statement.<\/p>\n
Colo, a western lowland gorilla born on Dec. 22, 1956, is the matriarch of the Columbus Zoo’s popular gorilla family, according to the zoo’s website. Her name is short for her birthplace: Columbus.<\/p>\n
Western lowland gorillas, native to the rain forests of Central Africa, are an endangered species, according to nationalgeographic.com. Their average life span in the wild is 35 years.<\/p>\n
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