a 55 - year - old chimp designated nonja , who was suspected to be the oldest living orangutan in the world both in captivity and the wild , has died at the miami metrozoo in miami , fl . " someone ' s very sad , being with an environment like an orangutan . you perceive a world of yourself in these animal . the great apes are our closest ancestors . she was really a little old dame , " said zoo secretary ron linehan .
A 45-year-old orangutan died in Florida.