Birthday party for Terra Natura's favourite elephant Petita, 46
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 @ 12:35 PM
BENIDORM theme park Terra Natura's most iconic and popular resident celebrated her birthday in true Bollywood style this week as a nod to her Indian roots and invited all members of the public to join her.
Petita, who turned 46 on Saturday, is probably the Costa Blanca's best-loved elephant and has more Facebook friends than most humans.
Born in Benidorm, Petita was rejected by the rest of the herd for being 'ugly', because she was much smaller than newborn elephants usually are, and the isolation was leaving her feeling depressed.
Terra Natura paired her up with another female, Kaiso, with whom she became best friends and who helped her get in with the crowd.
She discovered Facebook at the age of 35 and now has plenty of human friends, too.
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