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Kimani, an endangered female western lowland gorilla, looks bored with streamers put in her pen to celebrate her first birthday at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Massachusetts.
Two-headed Greek turtle Janus, named after the Roman god with two heads, celebrates its 10th birthday with a cake made in its image.
Berlin Zoo's gorilla Fatou has a little taste of birthday cake, showing remarkable restraint...
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Giant panda cubs born in 2018 enjoy a group birthday celebration at Shenshuping panda base in China.
Giant panda Xing Ya tears into his ice cake celebrating his fourth birthday at the Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands.
Children and dogs, both in masks, celebrate the second birthday of a Chihuahua named Barbie.
Leon the elephant celebrated his 19th birthday at a zoo in Warsaw, Poland with a dreamy display of bubbles.
Veteran orangutan Nenette thoroughly enjoys her cake as she celebrates her 50th birthday at the zoo of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, France.
Nenette was also treated to a load of gifts that would make anyone envious.
Giant male panda Ru Yi received a stunning ice cake for his birthday at the Moscow Zoo.
Chimpanzee Wanxing looks unamused at a birthday cake at a wild animal garden in Hefei, China.
Natalia, one of three rare Amur tiger cubs, is rightfully suspicious of this birthday enrichment cake, adorned with dead fowl, at the Highland Wildlife Park in Scotland.
Noor Jahan the elephant enjoys a cake on her 14th birthday at the Zoological Garden in Karachi, Pakistan.
Panda Yuan Zhou smells his birthday cake made of melons and carrots, celebrating his eighth birthday at Safari Park in Shenzhen, China.
A female hippopotamus named Mali dives into a cake with delicious fruit and several loaves of bread to celebrate her 50th birthday at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand.
Iqhwa, her mother Tonga, and her half-sister Mongu eat her birthday cake made of fruit and vegetables at the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria.
A one-month-old female white tiger cub looks wide-eyed at her birthday cake candles at the Mines Wonderland Animal Kingdom in Kuala Lumpur.
In 2017, Basi was the oldest captive giant panda alive, this in Fuzhou, China. This was her last birthday celebration, as she only made it to age 37.
Inuka, the first polar bear born in the tropics, takes the first lick of an ice cake for its 25th birthday at the Singapore Zoo.
Tama, a cat stationmaster of a railway station in Japan, looks ready to pounce on a birthday cake made for her 16th birthday.
Tuluba seems overjoyed at this cake made in his image to celebrate his third birthday at the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna. He can't read, of course, but they wish him "all the best."
Sumatran tiger Melati apparently doesn't want anyone to touch this present at the London Zoo.
During its first birthday celebration at Tierpark Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich, this polar bear prefers pylons to presents. It's like when the kid is more excited about the wrapping paper than the gift.
One-year-old polar bear Anori gets a birthday cake, while her mother Vilma eats bread at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany.
To celebrate its 260th birthday, this Galapagos giant tortoise became a plate to hold its own birthday cake.
Josefa was the only polar bear living in Argentina when she celebrated her 37th birthday with this decadent frozen fish dish.
Sophisticated ring-tailed lemurs gather around the birthday treat during celebrations at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.
See also: Animals as you've never seen them before.
Celebrating birthdays is a uniquely human thing, as we are the only species who keeps track of time in that manner. Also, we simply love the excuse to treat ourselves! Perhaps that's why it's so hilariously adorable when we celebrate animals' birthdays, as they don't really understand why everyone's being so nice, yet they're certainly not complaining about their custom-made cakes and gifts given according to their tastes.
Admit it—you want to look at photos of animals celebrating their birthday. Well, click through to see photos that will make your day!
Adorable animals celebrating their birthday
Let them eat cake!
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Celebrating birthdays is a uniquely human thing, as we are the only species who keeps track of time in that manner. Also, we simply love the excuse to treat ourselves! Perhaps that's why it's so hilariously adorable when we celebrate animals' birthdays, as they don't really understand why everyone's being so nice, yet they're certainly not complaining about their custom-made cakes and gifts given according to their tastes.
Admit it—you want to look at photos of animals celebrating their birthday. Well, click through to see photos that will make your day!