The One and Only Ivan

In Room 15, we just finished Katherine Applegate’s book, The One and Only Ivan, which is about a gorilla who spends the first half of his life living in a cage in a shopping mall in Tacoma, Washington, but the second half of his life living in the Atlanta Zoo. Ivan died this past August at the age of 50. You can check out Ivan’s zoo page by clicking here, but in the meantime, enjoy this two minute video from his time at the zoo.

31 thoughts on “The One and Only Ivan

  1. I learned in this video that having a wild life is way worse than a normal life wild life can
    kill a lot of animal like take them to a circus,and be an opening act so its hard to live a life like that.

  2. In this video i learned Ivan the Gorilla was big and he was a happy gorilla in the zoo Ivan was shy at first but then happy.

  3. In my opinion, The One And Only Ivan eats like there’s no tomorrow. I also learned that gorillas are a lot bigger then I thought they where.

  4. My opinion about the Ivan video is that Ivan is smart, he eats a lot, and the book is a good story too and it’s true

  5. In my opinion Gorillas should be treated very kind because they are amazing living animals because wouldn’t you want to be treated very kind. So treat animals how you want to be treated.

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