A gorilla captive in the Oklahoma City Zoo. It is awesome to be able to see a gorilla first hand and be so close. Although being able to experience this is wonderful, what part of humanity tells us that we can keep an animal, or in this case a mammal, captive. Many say that this gorilla is living better than I do. No matter what you do to provide for or pamper this gorilla, it's still in a cage. Some may say that most of these animals are born in captivity and that they don't understand their lack of freedom. I'm sure they understand quite well when they see you leave and they can't. Then again, those gorilla habitats are pretty nice...