LONDON , England ( CNN ) -- You do n't want to monkey around on a blind date , especially if your friends are also taking an interest in the same dark , handsome stranger . Jookie , as she is known , studies a poster of French gorilla Yeboah , who is heading for London Zoo . So when three female gorillas at London Zoo heard that they would soon be visited by a brooding French hunk -- well , they went a bit bananas . The latest development in Anglo-French relations sees Yeboah , a 20-stone 12-year-old , leave his current home at La Boissiere Du Dore Zoo , Pays de la Loire , northwest France and head for the British capital by the end of the year . There he will be greeted by gorilla trio Zaire , Effie and Mjukuu , who were given posters of their prospective boyfriend for the first time Thursday . One female gorilla shrieked in delight , while another wedged the poster in a tree to stare at it . A third , clearly overcome by emotion , held the photo close to her chest -- then ate it . Their reception was somewhat unsurprising . The zoo has been without a male gorilla since the demise of Bobby , a silverback , in December . Tracey Lee , team leader at London Zoo , put in a good word for the hirsute lothario on the London Zoo Web site , saying Yeboah is `` a very charming , fun loving and intelligent gorilla . '' But whom will Yeboah choose to charm first ? Zaire , at 34 , is the oldest female gorilla and has been at London Zoo since 1984 . The zoo says she 's `` happiest when she 's taking down and rebuilding her nest in various spots around the island . She loves to play with fabric and often drags it around with her all day. `` Then there 's Effie , 16 , who `` enjoys seeing toddlers and often makes her way over to the glass when they come to see her , '' according to the zoo Web site . Finally there 's 10-year-old Mjukuu , or `` Jookie . '' Dan Simmonds , a keeper at the zoo 's Gorilla Kingdom , says she `` has this 'butter would n't melt look ' to her , and she gets away with murder . '' `` The other two females get along with her very well ; she seems to have them all wrapped around her little finger . '' Bridget Fallon contributed to this story .
NW France has been without a male gorilla since December . Anglo-French gorilla Yeboah is being sent from the London Zoo Web , London Zoo . Female gorillas at London have been shown posters of their new guest .