Jambo, a silverback gorilla, became famous when he protected Levan Merrett from other gorillas when the boy fell into the enclosure in 1986.

BBC: Jambo the gorilla commemorated on Jersey stamps

In the 2005 movie, Kong appears to be about 25 feet tall in a crouch --about seven times the height of an actual silverback gorilla.

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Jambo was the first male silverback gorilla to be born in captivity, the first to be mother-reared and was one of the most prolific breeding silverbacks.

BBC: Jambo the gorilla commemorated on Jersey stamps

It is the second gorilla to be fathered by silverback Badongo.

BBC: Gorilla born at Jersey's Durrell wildlife park

If CSCO is the 800-pound gorilla in the networking sector, then Juniper Networks is that silverback in the corner waiting for its opportunity to dethrone the king.

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