Overview

• Guinness World Records lists the Sumatran orangutan as the oldest living female of her species; she has lived at Hamburg’s Tierpark Hagenbeck since 1964.
• Keepers say she remains fit and still climbs well, receiving 1.5 to 2 hours of exclusive morning climbing time.
• She adopted the youngster Berani, a bond staff say helps keep her active; over her life she raised ten young, including four adoptions.
• With only two teeth, her meals are tailored to soft foods such as cooked potatoes, grapes and bananas, with a sugar-free birthday cake noted this year.
• Hagenbeck allows direct keeper access to her enclosure as a rare exception, and staff report no signs of decline and hope for a few more years, noting wild females typically live up to about 53.