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Summary A gorilla in Brazil zoo, who was single for the past 27 years, finally say goodbye to loneliness.
Brazils only zoo-bound gorilla, who has been single for the past 27 years, can finally say goodbye to lonely days and nights.Idi Amin is getting another chance to find Mrs Right after scientists brought two female gorillas from England in an effort to relieve his solitude - and maybe even help him to find love.Imbi and Kifta arrived in the southeastern Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte in August, but were only allowed into the Idis cage this week.The girls spent 36 days in quarantine, undergoing medical checks and getting used to their new diets and conditions before moving in with the long-time bachelor.Zoo director Carlyle Mendes Coelho said the animals first contacts raised hopes of a fruitful relationship.Idi moved to the South American country from France in 1975, when he was only two –years-old. Along with him came Dada, a female who died of complications from an ear infection three years later. Zoo keepers tried to pair him with Cleopatra in 1984, but she also died briefly after arriving.Since then, the gorilla - named after a former Ugandan dictator - has been living alone in his huge cage that was recently refurbished to welcome the two new dwellers.
