Who was the boy who fell into gorilla pit

5 years ago a little boy tumbled into the gorilla enclosure at the cincinnati zoo and botanical garden in an incident reminiscent of a 1996 fall at another zoo — except for the outcome.The lowland silver back gorilla named jambo (swahili for hello) was famous for the gentleness he displayed towards a little five year old boy (levan merritt) who fell into the gorilla enclosure at jersey zoo (gerald durrell's wildlife conservation trust) one afternoon in 1986.There are two incidents of a boy falling into a gorilla inclosure in the us.