SEOUL \u2013 Hasun, South Korea\u2019s oldest hippopotamus, has died at 46, Seoul Grand Park said on Oct 16.<\/p>\n
In a notice posted on its website, the park said Hasun had been eating well and remained healthy despite her age until her strength suddenly began to decline.<\/p>\n
The park did not specify the date of her death.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur veterinarians and keepers stayed by Hasun\u2019s side and did everything they could,\u201d the park said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe passed away peacefully in their care, with no signs of a particular illness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Born in 1980, Hasun lived at Seoul Zoo, located inside the park, for more than four decades. She was one of the first animals to arrive at the park when it opened in 1984.<\/p>\n
Hippos typically live for 40 to 50 years, and Hasun is believed to have died of old age.<\/p>\n
The park remembered Hasun as a \u201cfamiliar presence\u201d in its hippo enclosure for more than four decades, saying she had left visitors with many fond memories.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will never forget our time with Hasun,\u201d the park said. \u201cWe thank everyone who loved her.\u201d THE KOREA HERALD\/ASIA NEWS NETWORK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEOUL \u2013 Hasun, South Korea\u2019s oldest hippopotamus, has died at 46, Seoul Grand Park said on Oct 16.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,139,69,147,406],"class_list":["post-632221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}