Gorilla Fatou celebrates 67th birthday at the Berlin Zoo

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April 12, 2024 at 10:56 a.m.

A gorilla in a Berlin zoo celebrated her 67th birthday on Friday, likely making her the oldest gorilla alive. Fatou is a female gorilla living in Germany's capital, where she first took up residence in 1959. For her birthday the keepers at Berlin Zoo gave her a basket of fruit - Gorillas are usually kept on a vegetable diet because fruit contains too much sugar but on Friday the zoo staff turned a "blind eye". (AP video by Fanny Brodersen)

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