When Koko the gorilla realised she had toothache, she simply called for the dentist. The ape, famed for her language and communication skills, managed to let her handlers at the Gorilla Foundation in ...

Vets had a very unusual patient pop in for treatment on an agonising toothache – a giant 29-stone silverback gorilla. A zoo in South Africa asked for help when its prime breeding primate, Binga, ...

Woodside, California - When Koko the gorilla used the American sign language gesture for pain and pointed to her mouth, 12 specialists, including three dentists, sprang into action. The result? Her ...

When Koko the gorilla used the American Sign Language gesture for pain and pointed to her mouth, 12 specialists, including three dentists, sprang into action. The result? Her first full medical ...

WOODSIDE, Calif. -- When Koko the gorilla used the American Sign Language gesture for pain and pointed to her mouth, 12 specialists, including three dentists, sprang into action. The result? Her first ...

This 28 st primate had to be sedated for two hours by specialist vet dentists during a successful operation to remove a painful three inch root. Pertinax, a silverback Western gorilla, was said to be ...

When Koko the gorilla used the American Sign Language gesture for pain and pointed to her mouth, 12 specialists, including three dentists, sprang into action. The result? Her first full medical ...

Binga, a muscle-bound silverback, was feeling down in the mouth so was taken to the dentist. It took six experts to keep the mighty ape safe during a tricky procedure to fix his toothache A team of ...