--- title: Adorable Red Panda Celebrates Sweet 16 with Homemade Cake description: A red panda at the Symbio Wildlife Park in Australia turned 16 on Wednesday and celebrated with a cake fit for a queen. canonical: https://time.com/4198362/red-panda-celebrates-sweet-16-homemade-cake/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-28T20:42:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:25.809Z og:title: Watch This Adorable Red Panda Celebrate Her Sweet 16 with a Homemade Cake og:description: The zoo panda-ed to her sweet tooth og:url: https://time.com/4198362/red-panda-celebrates-sweet-16-homemade-cake/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Adorable Red Panda Celebrate Her Sweet 16 with a Homemade Cake twitter:description: The zoo panda-ed to her sweet tooth twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Adorable Red Panda Celebrate Her Sweet 16 with a Homemade Cake  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 28, 2016 8:42 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 28, 2016 8:42 PM CUT A [red panda](http://time.com/3716312/red-pandas-snow-cincinnati-zoo/ "undefined") at the [Symbio Wildlife Park](https://www.facebook.com/symbiozoo/?fref=photo "undefined") in Australia turned 16 on Wednesday and celebrated with a cake fit for a queen. Well, a panda queen. The park posted a video on Facebook of birthday bear Chori chowing down on her custom made dessert. “Chori, the red panda, turned [sweet 16](http://time.com/4140927/watch-justin-bieber-serenade-a-crying-fan-for-her-sweet-16/ "undefined") today, and to celebrate the magic milestone in every girls life, zoo keeper Ash Clarke made a delicious cake consisting of all her favourite fruit and decorated with the freshest of bamboo shoots,” the zoo wrote. **Read More:** [These Red Pandas Had the Best Snow Day Ever](http://time.com/3687609/red-panda-snow/ "undefined") Chori arrived at the park six years ago as part of a breeding program, according to [9 News Australia](http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/01/28/16/17/adorable-red-panda-celebrates-sweet-16-with-special-fruit-cake "undefined"). Now, at the age of 16, she has lived nearly twice the average lifespan of most red pandas. But even in her old age, Chori still displays the proper diva attitude of someone who is having their [elaborate birthday party filmed](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1184086,00.html "undefined"). “\[She’s\] always spending a good five to ten minutes grooming herself before coming down the tree, even for a cake as delicious looking at this,” Clarke said. Watch the full video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4198362/red-panda-celebrates-sweet-16-homemade-cake/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4198362/red-panda-celebrates-sweet-16-homemade-cake/"},"headline":"Watch This Adorable Red Panda Celebrate Her Sweet 16 with a Homemade Cake","datePublished":"2016-01-28T20:42:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:25.809Z","description":"The zoo panda-ed to her sweet tooth","url":"https://time.com/4198362/red-panda-celebrates-sweet-16-homemade-cake/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Australia","animals","pandas","Zoos","animal videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4198362/red-panda-celebrates-sweet-16-homemade-cake/","name":"Watch This Adorable Red Panda Celebrate Her Sweet 16 with a Homemade Cake"}}]}] ```