YANGON, Oct 30 (NNN-MNA) – Mo Mo, an Asian elephant, which is the oldest at the Yangon Zoological Garden in Myanmar, celebrated her 69th birthday yesterday.
As children and other spectators sang to mark her birthday, the Yangon zoo’s oldest animal, Mo Mo, chomped on an assortment of fruits and vegetables, arranged in the shape of a rectangle cake.
“We celebrate her birthday annually since 2013, with edible decorations and massive cakes made from fruits and vegetables,” Kyaw Ye Thiha Pe, head of Yangon Zoological Garden, said.
Mo Mo already outlived an Asian elephant’s typical life expectancy of 50 years, he said.
“The grand elephant, Mo Mo, is a virgin. She lived at the Yangon Zoo since 1961, when she was brought from Kayah state,” he said.
The zoo keeper said, Mo Mo values cleanliness, as she does not fancy the drinking water in the pond. She prefers instead tap water.
As her eyesight and teeth are weaker, the zoo feeds her softer fruits like bananas, he said.
“We take great care of her so that she can live longer,” he said.– NNN-MNA
