Pattycake was born at the Central Park Zoo on Sept. 3, 1972 and lived there with her parents Kongo and Lulu.

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On the JDS Kongo, one of four Aegis electronic warfare destroyers (two more are under construction) that will be fitted with Japan's first antiballistic missile system, elderly ladies cooled themselves with paper fans bearing the ship's name.

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