page_title: Snowflake (gorilla)
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Snowflake (gorilla) / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: Español: Zoologico de Barcelona. Exposición de Gorilas.
context_page_description: Snowflake was an albino western lowland gorilla. He was kept at Barcelona Zoo in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from 1966 until his death.
context_section_description: The asteroid 95962 Copito, discovered by Spanish astronomer J. Manteca, is named in his honour.
  A scholarship for research on primatology was created in memory of and homage to Snowflake. Snowflake's fame also helped to promote awareness of the endangered gorilla species.
  An illustration and brief description of Snowflake (as to 1969) appears in the Italian children nonfiction book series Guarda e Scopri Gli Animali.
  The gorilla became a main character in the novel Memòries d'en Floquet de Neu ("Snowflake's Memories") by Catalan writer Toni Sala.
  Sabater Pi also dedicated a book to the gorilla, under the title Copito para Siempre (Snowflake Forever).
  He also makes a brief appearance in Italo Calvino's novel Mr. Palomar – the passage is a meditation on loneliness, captivity, the burden of being unique in the world, and mortality.
  Nature on PBS devoted an episode to him.
  Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins wrote of Snowflake in his poem, "Searching," published in his 2008 collection, Ballistics.
  Snowflake appears on the front cover of dance music act Basement Jaxx's album Rooty.
  While playing at FC Barcelona, Dutch football player Ronald Koeman was nicknamed Copito de Nieve because of his blond hair.
  Snowflake appeared on The Triplets (Les Tres Bessones) episode "The Triplets meet King Kong" as a guest of honor for the appearance of King Kong in Barcelona's Olympic Stadium.
  In 2009 French musician Enzo Enzo released the album Toutim where the song Copito De Nieve De Barcelone is dedicated to Snowflake.
  In 2011, there was a live action/CGI film called Snowflake, the White Gorilla that depicts the fictional childhood of Snowflake (voiced by Ariana Grande).
caption: A room dedicated to Snowflake
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