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He might not look it - but Longleat's oldest resident is actually full of the joys of spring.<br />
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Nico the gorilla's devoted keepers have given him a fresh bouquet of daffodils to signal spring's arrival - unfortunately the 180kgs western lowland silverback (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) proceeded to munch on the flowery gift, but at least he enjoyed them.<br />
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Nico, at 55, is the second oldest gorilla in the world, but sadly in his long lifetime gorilla's have become critically endangered in the wild.  <br />
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Despite his apparently grumpy expression, keepers at the Wiltshire safari park say Nico is actually extremely gentle and still very active &ndash; in spite of his advancing years.<br />
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&ldquo;Although he is now a very old man, Nico is still extremely active and in amazingly good condition considering his age,&rdquo; said keeper Mark Tye.<br />
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&ldquo;He was definitely intrigued by the bunch of daffodils, although he did initially throw them away, perhaps because he was hoping they were going to be bananas.