The world’s oldest hippopotamus living in captivity, Bertha, has died at age 65. The hippo had been living at the Manila Zoo in the Philippines since 1959. Bertha was discovered dead in her enclosure on Friday. The 2.5-ton animal was 7 years old when she arrived at the zoo during its opening year. After enjoying a longer life than most herbivorous mammals, Bertha died from multiple organ failures, Dichaves said.Bertha was among the pioneer animals here. Her mate died sometime in the 1980s and the couple failed to produce any offspring.
Bertha’s caretakers noted that the hippo had been moving slower than usual for the past two months. “We were actually anticipating it already because her health had been deteriorating in the past three weeks,”