a 55 - year - dead orangutan called nonja , so was said to be the oldest surviving orangutan in the world both in captivity and the wild , has died at the london metrozoo in miami , florida . " nothing ' s very sad , specifically with an animal called an orangutan . you see a lot of yourself in these animals . the great apes are our earliest relatives . she was really a grand old dame , " said zoo president ronald magill .
A 45-year-old orangutan died in Florida.