Cheeta was a chimpanzee character appearing in numerous Hollywood Tarzan movies of the 1930s–1960s as well as the 1966–1968 television series, as the ape sidekick of the title character, Tarzan.
Died December 24, 2011.
Knut was born on December 5, 2006 in the Berlin Zoological Garden.
On 19 March 2011, Knut collapsed and died in his enclosure at the age of four. Witnesses reported that after the bear’s left leg began shaking, he walked around in circles before falling into the water. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Knut was a polar bear who was born in captivity at the Berlin Zoological Garden. Rejected by his mother at birth, he was raised by zookeepers. He was the first polar bear cub to survive past infancy at the Berlin Zoo in more than 30 years. At one time the subject of international controversy, he became a tourist attraction and commercial success
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