Animals experience old age in captivity


	Animals experience old age in captivity

kelvin273

6-22-2008 4:02 AM

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science, animals, aging, zoos

kelvin273 says:

This is interesting because I remember hearing that the conventional wisdom was that animals don't age. Maybe animals really do age, but they usually don't live long enough for it to show.

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