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minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·2 months agoThis happens quite often with animals in captivity. Nature is dangerous (and health care is important!)
minus-squareKazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months ago15 seems to be the captivity average though, not natural average.
minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoFair point, I was just speaking generally, and that she actually lived way longer than most of her species since most aren’t in captivity
minus-squareflicker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWhite napped crane life expectancy in the wild is unknown. So it sounds like you didn’t know that, either.
minus-squarefristislurper@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoUnfortunately there are many counterexamples, large animals that live long in the wild tend to have shorter lives in zoos, like elephants, hippos, and monkeys.
This happens quite often with animals in captivity. Nature is dangerous (and health care is important!)
15 seems to be the captivity average though, not natural average.
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
White napped crane life expectancy in the wild is unknown.
So it sounds like you didn’t know that, either.
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.