Fatou (gorilla)

Fatou is a gorilla residing at Berlin Zoo, Germany. Estimated to have been born in 1957 in the wild, she was brought from West Africa to France by a sailor in 1959, and then acquired by the Berlin Zoo. In 1974 she gave birth to the first gorilla to be raised in Berlin, Dufte.[1] She celebrated her 62nd birthday on April 13, 2019. Since the death of Colo in January 2017, she has likely been the oldest living gorilla in the world (initially together with American gorilla Trudy, who died in July 2019).[2][3]

Preceded by
Trudy		 World's oldest living Gorilla
July 24, 2019 —		 Incumbent
Fatou (2018)

References
  1. "Zoo Berlin - Herzlich willkommen im Zoo Berlin. - Senior citizens meet for gorilla's birthday". www.zoo-berlin.de.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Berliner Zoo: Fatou könnte nun ältester Gorilla der Welt sein - Nordkurier.de". 20 January 2017.


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