San Antonio Zoo throws quinceañera for gorilla who turned 15

How often does one celebrate a birthday party for a Western Lowland Gorilla, let alone her quinceañera? And what in the hell do you wear?

The San Antonio Zoo’s lovely Merry Leigh, a recent transplant from Atlanta, turned 15 this Saturday, and zoo officials invited the city to celebrate her right of passage with a quinceañera-themed birthday party.

The celebration took place at Congo Falls, the zoo’s new 2-acre gorilla habitat…

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