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Woodland Park Zoo's 'longtime favorite gal' Lily the hippo has cancer
SEATTLE — Lily, a 2,700-pound hippo, isn’t sporting her usual cheeky smile.
Neither are her fans.
The 45-year-old hippo is in palliative care at Woodland Park Zoo. Her cheek swelling is due to an inoperable malignant tumor.
There is no clear life expectancy at this point for Lily, considered a geriatric hippo. In the wild, hippos live about 40 years, but in zoos can reach their 50s.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/woodland-park-zoos-longtime-favorite-gal-lily-the-hippo-has-cancer/
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