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One of the world’s oldest captive Borneo orangutans celebrates 50th birthday

Menagerie, a zoo in Paris, has helped Nenette celebrate her 50th birthday.

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Nenette, one of the world’s oldest Borneo orangutans in captivity, has celebrated her 50th birthday at a zoo in Paris where she has lived almost all her life.

Birthday cake, wrapped boxes and visitors singing “Happy Birthday” were part of the party held on Sunday at Menagerie, a zoo in the Jardin des Plantes gardens.

She was treated to exotic fruits and ate a strawberry cake. Some of her favourite activities – painting and do-it-yourself workshops – were also on the party’s programme.

(Thibault Camus/AP/PA Images)

The Bornean orangutan has a lifespan of 35 to 45 years in the wild, but the species has been known to live until around 60 in captivity.

Menagerie says orangutans in the wild have experienced sharp population declines in the past 20 years, partly due to habitat loss and deforestation.

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