# Pay no attention to the Basketballs or you'll miss the Bicycle-Riding Gorilla

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 1, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-the-basketballs-or-youll-miss-the-bicycle-riding-gorilla/654572 "2013-04-01T21:27:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-the-basketballs-or-youll-miss-the-bicycle-riding-gorilla/654572/1 "2013-04-01T21:27:31Z")

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Saw this on I Can Haz Cheezburger. Ostensibly a Gorilla Riding a Bicyycle:

> **[Just a Gorilla Riding a Bike](https://cheezburger.com/7174347776)**
>
> Just a Gorilla Riding a Bike - A large, mouth-watering buffet of GIFs that are not only free, but also include validated parking in a shaded area.

Alas, if you watch the whole video it become very clear that it’s faked, using REALLY good gorilla suits and a not-yet-finished gorilla enclosure at a zoo:

[Going Gorillas | Hamish & Andy - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=byp0q_O1Fss#)!

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-the-basketballs-or-youll-miss-the-bicycle-riding-gorilla/654572/2 "2013-04-01T21:30:42Z")

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Har. At first I thought it was it an April fool’s prank by the zookeepers on a gullible public, but the date on the youtube link is from a couple of years ago.

Though that _would_ be an awesome prank.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-the-basketballs-or-youll-miss-the-bicycle-riding-gorilla/654572/3 "2013-04-02T18:09:23Z")

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It’s weird, maybe it’s all the Gilligan’s Island I watched as a kid, but it was pretty obvious to me that it was a suit.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-the-basketballs-or-youll-miss-the-bicycle-riding-gorilla/654572/4 "2013-04-02T18:38:21Z")

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Yeah, their legs were too long.