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A giant gorilla with brooding good looks and rippling muscles is causing a stir at a Japanese zoo, withflocking to check out the hunky pin-up. Shabani, an 18-year-old silverback who tips the scales at around 180 kg, has become the star attraction at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in, striking smouldering poses the movie model in ‘Zoolander’ would be proud of. “He often rests his chin on his hands and looks intently at you,”Takayuki Ishikawa told AFP on Friday.“He is more buff than most gorillas and he's at his peak physically. We’ve seen a rise in the number of female visitors — women say he’s very good-looking.”A flurry of tweets has made Shabani a national celebrity, with’s broadcasters featuring the gorilla on popular shows.