World’s oldest hippo dies at 62

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Donna, believed to be the world’s oldest hippo, has died in Indiana at the age of 62 after living more than two decades beyond the massive mammal’s usual life expectancy. Donna had lived most of her life in the small town of Evansville, Indiana at the Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden. Donna was born at what is now the Memphis Zoo in 1951 and arrived at Mesker Park on August 7, 1956. She was euthanized due to her “declining quality of life” caused by a severe arthritis, zoo officials said.

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