Fatou, a western lowland gorilla, believed to be the oldest in the world, celebrated her 65th birthday and the venue was at the Berlin Zoo
The Zoo wrote on their Instagram page “Our lady gorilla is celebrating her 65th birthday today making her the oldest Gorilla in the world.
And as usual, the traditional cake was not missing this year too, the birthday meal is always something very special for fatou as she could be seen in the photos enjoying her delicious cake decorated with berries and fruits with which they formed the number 65
Fatou, a female gorrila came to Berlin through what the zoo describes as “unusual circumstances” in a news release from her 61st birthday
A sailor used the young Gorilla to pay his tab at a tavern in Marseilles,France after which she was transported across Europe before eventually being bought by the Zoo in Germany she was estimated to be about 2years old at the time of her arrival
In 2019 Fatou was named the oldest living gorilla in captivity by the guinness book of world records after Trudy, a gorilla born in the year 1956 died
Born in the wild Fatou is one of the only animals in Berlin Zoo that holds such record according to news release
