fatoua western lowland gorilla believed to be the oldest in the world, has just celebrated its 65th birthday at the Berlin Zoo.
“Our Gorilla is celebrating his 65th birthday today, making him the oldest gorilla in the world,” the zoo wrote on Instagram.
“The traditional birthday cake couldn’t be missed this year either. The birthday meal is always something very special for Fatou,” the zoo said.
Photos included in the post showed the huge primate enjoying a cake decorated with berries and fruit to form the numbers “65”.
Fatou arrived in Berlin in 1959 through what the zoo describes as “unusual circumstances” in a press release for his 61st birthday.
A sailor used the young gorilla to pay his bill at a tavern in Marseille, France. It was then transported across Europe before being bought by the zoo in Germany. Experts gave it only two years old at the time of its arrival.
In 2019, Fatou was named the “oldest living gorilla in captivity” by Guinness World Records after Trudy, a gorilla born in 1956, died. Fatou is one of the only animals at the Berlin Zoo born in the wild, according to the press release.
In captivity, gorillas typically live up to 50 years, noted Guinness.
Source: CNN Brasil
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