Berlin香蕉视频直播檚 zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world.

Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what was then West Berlin in 1959. Ahead of her official birthday on Saturday, keepers on Friday served up a treat of fruit and vegetables.

Vet Andre Sch眉le said there is no gorilla older than Fatou in any other zoo, 香蕉视频直播渁nd we have to assume that there is no animal older than her in the wild,香蕉视频直播� where animals do not live so long.

Fatou lives in an enclosure of her own and prefers to keep her distance from the zoo香蕉视频直播檚 other gorillas in her old age.

Fatou became the zoo香蕉视频直播檚 oldest resident only recently, following the death earlier this year of . The bird was believed to be at least 75 and had lived at the zoo since 1955.