SEE: Shanequa mentions Fatou’s birthday celebrations The oldest gorilla in the world, Fatou, celebrated his 65th birthday on Wednesday, drinking some delicious delicacies. The guardians of the Berlin Zoo, where the gorilla from the western lowlands live, say that reaching this age makes it “almost a legend”. “Wildlife gorillas have a life expectancy of about 40 years and at 65 they are the oldest living gorilla in the world for a while,” said Christian Aust, who looks after the zoo monkeys. Fatou celebrated her birthday by eating a special cake made of boiled rice and curd, vegetables, raspberries and blackberries.
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Reuters It seems that Fatou enjoyed her birthday cake! Western lowland gorillas are a “critically endangered” species that means they are at high risk of extinction in the wild. Their number has decreased due to diseases, poaching and damage to their natural environment. “Fewer and fewer animals live in the rainforests of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo,” according to the Berlin Zoo. Gorillas are the largest species of monkeys weighing up to 200 kg, eating from 15 to 20 kg of leaves, grass, bark and fruit.