He wasn't 800 pounds, but medical experts at the Melbourne Zoo recently found themselves with a gorilla in the room.
Yakini, who reportedly weighs close to 245 pounds, received a check-up from vets on Oct. 28.
Animal experts sedated the 12-year-old ape and gave him a thorough examination -- even clipping his nails -- before moving him to a new exhibit at the Werribee Open Range Zoo, near Melbourne.
This isn't Yakini's first trip to the doctor.
When the infant ape was birthed by Caesarean section in November, 1999, he wasn't breathing and his heart was hardly beating, according to The Daily Mail. (Read more...)
