So Long, Cleo
Cleopatra, or Cleo as she was known, was the Honolulu Zoo’s resident old timer, and in fact was the second oldest hippopotamus in captivity in the U.S. During her tenure there, she became fast friends with just about everyone, including a young hippo that she adopted as her own. But Cleo was suffering under the burdens of old age, and at 3,500 pounds, she was unable to stand on her own. A zoo veterinarian put her to sleep last Saturday at the age of 52.
Cleo’s body will be sent to a university lab for research and study. Thanks, Cleo, for being an important part of Hawaii’s science, education, and culture scene. You will be missed.
Photo by Flickr–Creative Commons, by duluoz_cats
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