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![Controversy Rages After Shooting Death Of Endangered Gorilla At Cincinnati Zoo](https://img.money.com/2017/02/gettyimages-537652418.jpg)

[A cheeto shaped like Harambe](http://fox59.com/2017/02/07/cheeto-shaped-like-slain-gorilla-harambe-sells-for-99900-on-ebay/), the gorilla shot to death at Cincinnati Zoo, has sold for [$99,900 on eBay.](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gorilla-Hot-Cheetos-RARE-One-of-a-Kind-Cheetos-Harambe-Gorilla-/172504352676) The seller received 132 bids, Fox 59 reports. Harambe was killed in May 2016 after the gorilla seized a child who had fallen into his enclosure. He has since become the subject of multiple and [intensely popular memes on social media.](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/us/the-complicated-appeal-of-the-harambe-meme.html)

The cheeto was listed by a California based seller who called the cheeto "one of a kind." According to the listing, the cheeto at the close of the auction was sold for the $99,900 bid, if the bid is indeed genuine.

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