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The oldest panda in captivity 38-year-old Jia Jia is put down in Hong Kong after suffering from a host of health problems. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Belgrade (Serbia), 25 Sep (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Andrej Cukic).- At 84 years of age, he is thought to be the longest-lived American alligator in captivity and his keepers say his good health could see him carry on for several more years. Life in his small pool, a balanced diet, the care of the staff and attention from visitors seem to have a healthy effect on the reptile, which arrived in Serbia in the mid-1930s. The death of another alligator at Moscow Zoo earlier this year has left Muja without his main rival for longevity of an American alligator in captivity.FOOTAGE OF MUJA, THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR AND SOUNDBITES BY BELGIAN ZOO VETERINARIAN JOZEF EZVEDJ.TRANSLATION:"Muja came to the zoo in 1936, when the zoo was founded, but he was not a baby, he was like a child"."He is fed every two weeks. He is getting small rodents, quails, horse meat, fish meat, fish, calf and, as for the quantity, he is gaining two or three kilos because he is at a certain age when he moves slowly"."How has he lived so long? There are many factors, I am sure there is some genetics, we should not neglect the care and diet, but also veterinary and medical care "."We recently did a complete clinical checkup and all the results were satisfactory. According to the results, he still has some years to go."
The Smithsonian National Zoo announces that 3-year-old panda, Bao Bao, who was born at the zoo, will head to China early next year. Diane Hodges reports.
The oldest giant panda living in captivity, 38-year-old Jia Jia, was euthanized in Hong Kong after rapidly deteriorating health over the past two weeks.
The world's oldest living person, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones, died on Thursday in New York City, leaving an Italian woman, also 116, with the title. Linda So reports.
The world's oldest known person dies in the U.S. almost a month after celebrating her 116th birthday. Paul Chapman reports.
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