World's oldest monkey dies

[KiwiCoromandel]

World's oldest monkey dies

29.03.05 5.20am

A monkey believed to be the world's oldest has died at the age of 53 in Japan, with her keepers saying a friendly nature and late-life love affair with a younger monkey were the secrets of her longevity.

With her affable personality, Buenos the black spider monkey was one of the most popular monkeys at Japan Monkey Centre in Aichi.

She died of heart trouble on Saturday.

"Just as we were preparing to apply for the Guinness Book, she passed away peacefully. She was so fond of people. While lying on a bed, she always wanted to hold our hands," said the centre's manager Akira Kato.

On the secrets of her longevity, Kato said: "Her calm and kind personality greatly helped. It made her life stress-free. Also she started living with a young male monkey 10 years ago, which might have excited her."

Kato said black spider monkeys have an average life span of 30 to 33 years.

[DudeAsInCool]

Buenos sounds like she was a kind soul, who brought joy to many - may she rest in peace

[Shawn]

I was pretty broken up by the news. The I realized that the person I had thought was meant started the thread. ;)

Nothing too sad here to me. That monkey had lived twice its life expectancy. :good job:

[method77]

Rest in peace Buenos

[Redneck4sure]

She looks like most people at an AARP meeting in any blue state.

[the70mphshit]

its nice to see we get important IN DEPTH news stories here at BK......

lol :))

[Kooperman]

World's oldest monkey dies

World's dumbest monkey carries on....

[slum_goddess]

smart monkey:

she started living with a young male monkey 10 years ago, which might have excited her.

[KiwiCoromandel]

World's oldest monkey dies

World's dumbest monkey carries on....

nice one koop...very nice... :bigsmile:

[slum_goddess]

i love when animals live past their supposed life expectancies.

[Amber]

me too SG, it's such an awesome thing to see. I love monkeys also...