I-Berlin Zoo igubha usuku lokuzalwa luka-Fatou the gorilla lweminyaka engama-67. Ungomdala kunabo bonke emhlabeni, kusho i-zoo.
U-Fatou wazalwa ngo-1957 futhi wafika e-zoo kulokho ngaleso sikhathi okwakuyi-West Berlin ngo-1959. Ngaphambi kosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa olusemthethweni ngoMgqibelo, abagcini bezilwane bamphatha ngezithelo nemifino. Udokotela wezilwane u-Andre Schule uthe ayikho enye i-zoo ene-gorilla endala kunoFatou. Ngokusho kwakhe, ama-gorilla ngokuvamile aphila iminyaka engu-35 endle futhi iminyaka engu-50 ngaphansi kokunakekelwa komuntu. Nokho, usuku oluqondile lokuzalwa lukaFatou alwaziwa.
“Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi edlule itilosi elidakiwe lasebenzisa i-gorilla elincane njengendlela yokukhokha endaweni yokucima ukoma eMarseille, eFrance, ekugcineni lagcina selingenile eBerlin Zoo,” kwembula le zoo. Lapho ifika eBerlin ngo-1959, odokotela bezilwane bahlola iminyaka Uneminyaka emibili ubudala. Sekuyiminyaka eminingi i-zoo igubha usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa ngo-Ephreli 13.
UFatou uhlala endaweni yakhe ebiyelwe futhi, lapho esekhulile, ukhetha ukuziqhelelanisa namanye ama-gorilla e-zoo.
Isithombe sekhekhe lokuzalwa lika-Fatou: “Isisekelo sekhekhe senziwa ngerayisi, esilihlobise nge-quark, imifino kanye nezithelo,” kusho inhloko yophiko u-Christian Aust.
Olunye ulwazi ngalesi sihloko lungatholakala ku: www.zoo-berlin.de/en/species-conservation/at-the-zoo.
