The world’s oldest gorilla living in captivity has celebrated her 69th birthday. Fatou spent Monday munching on cherry ...

A western lowland gorilla named Fatou just made history. The senior mammal has lived at Zoo Berlin in Germany since May 1959, and this week she celebrated what is estimated to be her 69th birthday.

Fatou, the world’s oldest gorilla in captivity, celebrated her 69th birthday at the Berlin Zoo on Monday, April 13 Instead of a birthday cake, the zoo gave the aging primate a basket of beets, ...

Fatou the western lowland gorilla celebrated her 69th birthday at the Berlin Zoo on April 13, 2026. BERLIN — Fatou, the world’s oldest gorilla living in captivity, celebrated her 69th birthday with a ...

BERLIN (AP) — Fatou, the world's oldest gorilla living in captivity, celebrated her 69th birthday with a feast Monday, munching on cherry tomatoes, beets, leeks and lettuce at the Berlin Zoo. But no ...

But no birthday cake, because sugar isn't healthy for the aging primate. Fatou, a western lowland gorilla, arrived in what was then West Berlin in 1959. She was believed to be about 2 years old at the ...