Ivan The Silverback Gorilla Book. Zoo atlanta via youtube] they took good care of him and shared his story online for people everywhere to get a chance to learn about this incredible animal. Ivan, a silverback gorilla who lived for 27 years in a tacoma, washington, shopping mall, chews on his finger at the atlanta zoo in 1996.
Each chapter is a shared memory by the ones that had known him best during his life. Ivan’s story starts in the central zaire, formally the belgian congo, rainforest, ivan, a silverback western lowland gorilla, and burma, a female gorilla, were captured in the early 1960’s and taken from their native homeland.in the process, their parents were likely killed. The story was the inspiration for katherine applegate's book.
Ivan, a western lowland gorilla, was born in 1962 in what is now the democratic republic of the congo in central africa.
The one and only ivan is a 2012 children's novel written by katherine applegate and illustrated by patricia castelao. It wasn’t until concerned citizens began to work together to speak up for ivan that he was eventually transferred to. Zoo atlanta has a page dedicated to ivan the gorilla. Ivan christmas $ 1.25 add to cart;