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Young World
Happy Birthday
COMPILED BY NIMI KURIAN
PHOTO: AP
JUST A YEAR OLD: Reason to celebrate.
According to an AP report, three-year-old Cooper Lund's rendition of "Happy Birthday" included lines about living in a zoo and looking like a monkey, but the birthday boy and girl were not insulted. Kali and Kazi just romped about their African rainforest playground, chewing on fruit and swinging from vines. The twin western lowland gorillas' first birthday was celebrated at Zoo Atlanta recently, a significant hallmark in their young lives. About 20 per cent of gorillas do not live through their first year, especially as a pair. Kali and Kazi are the only gorilla twins in the world born in captivity to be raised solely by their mother. The zoo threw a low-key party for Kali and Kazi, offering banana muffins to visitors and encouraging youngsters to sing repeated rounds of "Happy Birthday". Cooper, who was visiting the zoo with his sister, Hadley, and their nanny, brought a homemade birthday card for Kali and Kazi and sang to them a few times before leaving the party.
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