An unusual village residentSourced
A gorilla who made his bed and drank tea
John Daniel lived with humans in Uley, England, from 1918 to 1921. Accounts describe him making his bed, drinking tea from cups and playing with village children. A stone memorial was unveiled in 2018.
The village still remembered him a century later.
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