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A fifteen-year-old male gorilla named Richard won a reality show with live gorillas called "Discovery" (Odhaleni in Czech) in Prague's zoological garden. Six and a half foot tall Richard, weighing some 441 pounds, was a favorite of the contest from the beginning. In the end, he received the highest number of votes and won the main prize of 12 melons, a delicacy for gorillas (and a slang word for 1,000,000 Czech Crowns). However, Richard will enjoy one melon every month as he would probably get sick if he ate them at once.

The "slightly different reality show" was prepared by the CRo internet radio Leonardo, where the shots from the show were continuously presented. Viewers then voted via text message for their favourite contestant. Some 15 cameras monitored four primates - Richard, females Shinda and Kijiva and a one-year-old baby Moja from early November until mid-January. Microphones and cameras were set up even on the premises which are normally unaccessible to visitors. The show helped also gorillas in the wild as the profits from the voters' text messages would go to a project to save wild gorillas in Africa.