Fatou (gorilla)

Fatou is a gorilla residing at Berlin Zoo, Germany. She was born in 1957, in the wild, and was brought from West Africa to France by a sailor in 1959. She was then acquired by the Berlin Zoo. In 1974, she gave birth to the first gorilla to be raised in Berlin, Dufte.[1]

Fatou
Fatou in 2018
SpeciesLowland Gorilla
Born1957 (age 65–66)
West Africa
ResidenceBerlin Zoo

Since the death of Trudy on 24 July 2019 she became the oldest living gorilla in the world .[2][3] On 25 July 2020 she surpassed Trudy's final age of 63 years, 204 days and became the oldest gorilla ever. After the death of Helen, on 14 October 2022, Fatou became the last surviving gorilla born in the 1950s.

Through her only offspring, Dufte, Fatou is a grandmother of two, great-grandmother of 13 (six living), and great-great-grandmother of 16 (ten living).[4]

References
  1. "Zoo Berlin - Herzlich willkommen im Zoo Berlin. - Senior citizens meet for gorilla's birthday". www.zoo-berlin.de.
  2. "Berlinerin Fatou ist nun ältester Gorilla der Welt | RBB Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. "Berliner Zoo: Fatou könnte nun ältester Gorilla der Welt sein - Nordkurier.de". 20 January 2017.
  4. Davis, James R. (5 September 2021). "0082 – FATOU". Dewar Wildlife. Dewar Wildlife Trust, Inc. Retrieved 5 September 2021.


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