Apenheul Primate Park gorilla dances up storm with Psy's Gangnam style

IT was a case of monkey-Psy, monkey-do for this young western lowland gorilla, who showed he had the moves to be king of the jungle.

IT was a case of monkey-Psy, monkey-do for this young western lowland gorilla, who showed he had the moves to be the king of the jungle.

Gerhard, an infant western lowland gorilla at Apenheul Primate Park in the Netherlands, is wowing visitors with his own moves inspired by the worldwide dance craze.

The youngster's bandy legs are an advantage when it comes to imitating Gangnam star Psy, and he exuberantly slaps his hips and waves his arms just like the effervescent South Korean rapper.

Psy's catchy single topped the charts in 40 countries and received a billion YouTube hits, making it the most viewed video in the history of the internet.

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Which means Gerhard is far from the only one who has been moved by the dance craze: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - displaced as the world's most famous South Korean - even hailed the infectious hit as a force for global peace.

And he wasn't the only world leader to be impressed. President Obama revealed that his daughters taught him the moves.

Psy, 34, is said to have made more than $5 million from the hit. And Gerhard? Zookeepers say the new king of the swingers gets peanuts.