Unfortunately there are many counterexamples, large animals that live long in the wild tend to have shorter lives in zoos, like elephants, hippos, and monkeys.
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usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 2 months agoThis happens quite often with animals in captivity. Nature is dangerous (and health care is important!)
fristislurper@feddit.nl 2 months ago
KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 2 months ago
15 seems to be the captivity average though, not natural average.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Fair point, I was just speaking generally, and that she actually lived way longer than most of her species since most aren’t in captivity
flicker@lemmy.world 2 months ago
White napped crane life expectancy in the wild is unknown.
So it sounds like you didn’t know that, either.