Even the Calgary Zoo's gorillas want to be Canucks (VIDEO)

The Canucks-Flames rivalry reached the Calgary Zoo on Friday when zookeepers placed a straw-stuffed Vancouver Canucks jersey inside the gorilla enclosure.

Zookeepers and onlookers may have been expecting (hoping for) a thrashing, but what actually transpired was simply cute.

The animal was playfully gentle with the Canucks jersey, and at one point he nearly got the jersey on…

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