(CNN) — Fatou, a western lowland gorilla thought to be the oldest in the world, just celebrated her 65th birthday at the Berlin Zoo.
“Our lady gorilla turns 65 today, making her the oldest gorilla in the world,” the zoo wrote on Instagram.
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“The traditional birthday cake could not be missing either this year. The birthday meal is always something very special for Fatou,” the zoo said. Photos included in the post showed the huge primate enjoying a cake decorated with berries and fruit to form the numbers “65”.
Fatou arrived in Berlin in 1959 in what the zoo described as “unusual circumstances” in a press release on her 61st birthday.
A sailor used the young gorilla to pay her bill at a tavern in Marseille, France, after which she was transported across Europe before eventually being purchased by the zoo in Germany. She was estimated to be only two years old when she arrived.
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In 2019, Fatou was named the “oldest living gorilla in captivity” by Guinness World Records after the death of Trudy, a gorilla born in 1956.
Fatou is one of Berlin Zoo’s only wild-born animals, according to the press release.
In captivity, gorillas typically live for up to 50 years, Guinness noted.
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