Animals at the zoo have held several records, including the longest living alligator in captivity at the time (at about 70 years of age),[REF] the fastest cheetah in captivity,[REF] and the largest Komodo dragon (who died in 2005).
The zoo is one of only a dozen in North America to house and breed bonobos (also known as pygmy chimpanzees), an endangered species of the great apes [REF].