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Wed 19 Nov, 2008 02:54 pm
DEBBY , the world's oldest polar bear and living in the winnipeg zoo died at the age of 42 .
DEBBY at her 40th birthday in 2006 .
Quote:Tributes and remembrances of Debby, who was the world's oldest living polar bear, flooded into the Winnipeg zoo on Tuesday after officials announced the bear was dead.
The 42-year-old polar bear was born in the Russian Arctic in 1966 and came to Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo as an orphan a year later. The bear's health had been failing in recent months and she was euthanized Monday as her organs began to fail.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/11/18/debby-bear.html?ref=rss
Are they gonna eBay the rug?
Ahh. Sounds like she had a good long life. I had no idea the average life expectancy for polar bears in the wild is only 20-30 years. I had figured at least 50 would be normal.
With a short life span and the ice melting, they really could be wiped out pretty quick.
I remember visiting the Winnipeg zoo many times and seeing Debbie when I lived there for a couple of years in the early seventies. I had no idea that she had lived this long.
cjhsa - grow up
Don't worry, the oldest living polar bear is still alive.
That's right Finn. If it wasn't then it wouldn't be living.
What is it's name and where is it?
That's right Nick, you figured it out.
Give yourself a cookie as a reward.
Who knows, but it's out there somewhere we can be certain.
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