Gorilla, 36, Lonely And Looking For Love!

Zoo officials in India are searching for a mate for the country's only silverback gorilla.

36-year-old Polo is still single eight years after the death of his 46-year-old partner Sumathi.

Vijay Ranjan Singh, director of the Mysore zoo the animal inhabits, remarked that Polo is "not very happy".

"The few [hobbies] he enjoys are bathing and searching for food that his keeper hides in blocks of ice or in bamboo to keep him energised," he said.

"We have written to all major zoos in the world. We have tried everything."

Singh added that it is difficult to establish a trade with other zoos for a partner, as many are reluctant to part with an endangered species.

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