Farewell to Fausta, the oldest black rhino in the world

    Farewell to Fausta, the oldest black rhino in the world

    Fausta was the oldest rhino in the world with her incredible age of 57. She died of old age a few days ago.

    He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him

    He passed away on The oldest black rhino in the world, who died of old age at the age of 57. He was called Faust, lived in Tanzania and was first sighted in the Ngorongoro Natural Protected Area in 1965, when he was three years old.





    Fausta lived a good part of her free life, in the wild, and only in the last three years was it considered necessary to hospitalize her in a sanctuary, due to age-related health problems and aggravated by repeated attacks by hyenas.

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    “Ferocious animals, especially hyenas, started attacking her causing very serious sores. In 2016 we had to take it out of nature and put it in special conditions, ”said Dr. Freddy Manongi, of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority.

    According to Dr. Manongi, Fausta lived longer than any other rhino in the world and died of natural causes on the evening of December 27.

    In fact, rhinos reach an age between 37 and 43 years when they live in the wild and can reach 50 years if they are in captivity. Fausta has reached a record ageprobably because she never gave birth.

    The day she passed away, a little black rhino was born: this is an important event, as black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) are considered critically endangered, as the species is threatened by hunters, who exterminate these poor animals to steal their precious horn.

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    Foto cover: Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority


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