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Orangutan undergoes ground-breaking operation to clear her 'thick head'

-Mirror
Blackpool, England:
  A bunged-up female orangutan can breathe easy after undergoing the UK's first sinus operation on the animal.

Vicky, a 29-year-old Bornean orangutan, had the two-hour surgery this morning and was swiftly taken back to her enclosure at Chester Zoo.

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