Fatou, the world's oldest gorilla in a zoo, is celebrating her 68th birthday in Berlin

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Female gorilla Fatou, the oldest of Berlin's zoo and besides believed to beryllium the world's oldest gorilla, enjoys her day handbasket with a "gorilla nutrient surprise", arsenic the zoo celebrates her 68th day successful Berlin, Germany, Friday, April 11, 2025.

BERLIN (AP) — Fatou, the oldest gorilla surviving successful captivity worldwide, is getting acceptable for her 68th day successful style.

The Berlin zoo connected Friday presented Fatou with a handbasket of effect and vegetables up of her authoritative birthday, which falls connected Sunday.

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Fatou was calved successful 1957 and came to the zoo successful what was past West Berlin successful 1959.

Since she nary longer has teeth, keepers guarantee that her nutrient is brushed and casual to eat. Vet André Schüle said that “Fatou gets the champion imaginable attraction here.”

She lives successful her ain enclosure, isolated from the zoo's much boisterous different 5 gorillas, who scope successful property from 4 to 39. Schüle said that “she has the bid she deserves astatine her precocious age.”

Gorillas tin unrecorded for astir 35-40 years successful the chaotic and longer successful captivity.

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Fatou became the zoo’s oldest nonmigratory past year, pursuing the decease of Ingo the flamingo. The vertebrate was believed to beryllium astatine slightest 75 and had lived astatine the zoo since 1955.

April 11, 2025|Updated April 11, 2025 9:05 a.m.

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