Mochica, one of the oldest penguins in the world, dies in Portland zoo at 31.
A Humboldt penguin named Mochica has died at age 31 the Oregon Zoo in Portland, zookeepers said inWhen the bird was euthanized on Saturday, he was the oldest in the Oregon Zoo's Humboldt penguin colony — and one of the oldest penguins in the world, they said.Hatched July 6, 1990, the Oregon Zoo said Mochica was"hand-reared, a standard practice at the time."
Mochica was euthanized at 31, about 11 years older than a Humboldt penguin typically lives in the wild, because zookeepers said his old-age ailments became too numerous for palliative care. "He was just a very old bird. It was hard for him to see, and at times difficult for him to walk," he said.
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