JoJo the silverback gorilla is leaving Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo for a new home in the suburbs.
And zoo officials hope he'll start a family once he's there.
The 31-year-old is being moved from the city's North Side to Brookfield Zoo in the western suburbs.
There are female gorillas at Brookfield who zoo officials hope the 485-pound ape will mate with.
Two female gorillas are also leaving Lincoln Park Zoo as part of a breeding program. They'll go to zoos in Kansas City and Columbus, Ohio.
A goodbye birthday party will be held for JoJo on April 10.
In more moves, two young male apes will arrive at Lincoln Park this summer to share a habitat with two other males who live there.
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