West Japan zoo's monkey named after Olympics reflects spirit of peace
July 23, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This recent photo provided by Tobe Zoological Park in Ehime Prefecture shows Gorin, the stump-tailed macaque.
TOBE, Ehime -- A gentle, warm-hearted monkey, whose name means "Olympics" in Japanese, is ready to lure people who can't attend the Tokyo Games due to a ban on spectators to a zoo in this western Japan city.
Gorin, a female stump-tailed macaque at Tobe Zoological Park in Ehime Prefecture, was born in 2008 -- the year of the Beijing Games. Her name, which means "Olympics" in Japanese, was given to her by her then keeper. The zoo is reportedly the only one in Japan that keeps the macaque species native to southern China and Southeast Asia.