On Thursday, August 16, the official blog of the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem published a report on the death of a female hippo Tami. She was 59 years old.

The report says that in the morning Tamey's hippo was found in the morning lifeless near a pond in the African part of the zoo, newsru says.. co. il.

Employees of the zoo note that Tami had a long and happy life. She was a long-liver among hippos. Its relatives in the wild rarely live up to 40 years, in captivity - up to 50 years.

Employees of the zoo note that the inhabitants of the "safari", other hippos, giraffes and zebras, treated Tami with great respect, she was also liked by the small visitors of the zoo.

Tami was born in 1959, and moved to the Biblical Zoo in 1992 from Petah Tikva Zoo to make a couple now the late behemoth Mathi.

? ? " - The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo.