| Species | Western lowland gorilla |
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| Sex | Male |
| Born | October 10, 1981 Cincinnati Zoo, U.S. |
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Ndume "En-doo-may" (born October 10, 1981) is a male western lowland gorilla known for having learned a number of signs adapted from American Sign Language (ASL) and for being at the center of lawsuit over his custody between the Cincinnati Zoo and the Gorilla Foundation. Ndume has lived most of his life at the Gorilla Foundation in Woodside, California, but has also lived at the Cincinnati Zoo and the Brookfield Zoo.[1] Following a lawsuit, Ndume was transferred back to the Cincinnati Zoo from the Gorilla Foundation on June 14, 2019.