# Re: Can camels swim?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 10, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-camels-swim/36473 "2000-10-10T22:42:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-camels-swim/36473/49 "2000-10-18T21:27:31Z")

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Patience, Jill, patience. These things take a little time.

The name of the gorilla was Makoko, and the incident happened in 1951. The moat was six feet deep. (ref: Maple and Hoff, 1982, Gorilla Behavior, p. 236.)

The obituary mentioned that “the family requests bananas be sent in lieu of flowers.”☹

Sorry this took so long.

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