By Megan Gannon, News Editor | January 15, 2014 07:35am ET
The oldest Nile hippopotamus in North America has died at age 59 at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.
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| Credit: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo |
Blackie the hippopotamus — who was brought to the zoo from Africa in 1955 and sired three males — had to be euthanized Monday (Jan. 13) due to illness related to his old age, zoo officials announced.
Most hippos live to be 30 or 40, and Blackie could possibly be the oldest male Nile hippo ever documented.
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