【原】北美最长寿的大象走了

Amber看世界 2021-05-21

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The oldest African elephant in North America has died at the age of 56, officials at a Tennessee zoo said.

田纳西州一家动物园的官员称，北美最老的非洲象已经去世，享年56岁。

Tyranza, who was the longtime matriarch of the elephant herd at the Memphis Zoo, was put on hospice care and was eventually euthanized Friday after her health dramatically declined.

泰兰扎是长期生活在孟菲斯动物园大象群里的母象，在她的健康状况急剧恶化后，她接受了临终关怀，最终在周五被实施了安乐死。

At 56, Tyranza also set the record for longest-lived African elephant in North America, the zoo said.

动物园表示，56岁的泰兰扎还创下了北美非洲象最长寿的纪录。

“Many generations of zoo fans and even some employees haven’t known a Memphis Zoo without Tyranza. She was the toughest marshmallow you could ever meet. I will miss her calm, steady presence,” said Matt Thompson, the zoo's chief zoological officer.

“许多代的动物园迷甚至是动物园员工都不愿接受孟菲斯动物园没有了泰兰扎。她是你见过的最坚强的棉花糖。我将怀念它那安宁而稳定的存在。”

A statement from the zoo said Tyranza, who was also called Ty, was born in the wild in 1964.

动物园的一份声明说，泰兰扎也叫泰，于1964年在野外出生。

She did a short stint as a circus elephant with the Ringling Brothers before retiring to the Memphis Zoo in 1977 when she was 12.

1977年，12岁的她退休到了孟菲斯动物园，在林林兄弟的马戏团做了一段很短时间的大象表演。

Tyranza had a big personality at the zoo.

泰兰扎当时在动物园脾气很大。

She would shoo away birds who flew into her space but was friendly with the rhinos who lived in a next-door exhibit and was often seen scratching their backs with her trunk.

它会赶走飞到她的地盘的鸟，但对住在隔壁展览馆里的犀牛很友好，经常看到它用鼻子挠它们的后背。

She liked to snack on watermelons, bananas and, every so often, jellybeans.

她喜欢吃西瓜、香蕉，偶尔还会吃糖豆。

"There is something, a knowing presence and mental acuity that Ty possessed that was unique. Ty has taught me more about fairness and trust than any being I’ve ever met,” said Houston Winbigler, a former associate curator at the zoo who worked with Tyranza for nearly four decades.

“泰拥有一种独特的睿智和机敏。泰教给我的公平和信任比我遇到的任何动物都要多，”休斯顿·温比格勒说，他是该动物园的前副馆长，和泰兰扎一起工作了近40年。