Vegetable cake for elderly elephant

The elder elephant in Germany celebrated her 62th birthday on Wednesday.

Deible said 62 years for an elephant in captivity is very special. The average life expectancy is about 45. In the wild, it is 35 to 40 years. Rani continues her old day. If she were to lie down, she, according to Deible, no longer got up. In order to make the animal's life a little easier, a beam is placed in the elephant house to allow the head to rest.

In the Netherlands Irma is the oldest born in a zoo elephant. She lives in Diergaarde Blijdorp and will be in September 47.