A Galapagos tortoise at Australia’s Perth Zoo celebrated his 50th birthday.
Named Cerro and weighing more than 200 kilograms, he was treated to a special birthday cake made from some of his favorite fruits such as watermelon, strawberries, kiwifruit and pumpkin, local media reported.
He was born at the San Diego zoo and was transported to the western Australian city in 2005, Perth Zoo says.
The zoo said that there are about 20-thousand Galapagos tortoises left in the wild. Some of their main threats include rats, dogs and cats, making them vulnerable to extinction.
They are the largest tortoises in the world and can live past one hundred years old.
