So is this possible... There are 2 pensioners among the animals at the Belgrade Zoo. They are the oldest of their kind, and some are even the oldest in the world of zoo animals. There are some very interesting stories about them.

1. Twiggy's elephant is over 50 years old

2. Alligator Muja at least 85 year old

So we're going to have to start...

Twiggy's grandmother among the elephants

In the autumn of 1990. In 2013, an elephant, Twiggy, was brought to the Belgrade Zoo. She was 24 at the time. She was born in India, from where she was smuggled into England. Because of her "bad temper", she was transferred to the zoo in the Netherlands, where she lived from 1977 to 1980. Year. In fact, Twiggy came to Belgrade as a "loan" by the Dutch zoo to mate with a male elephant that had already been imprisoned at a Belgrade zoo. However, the two didn't get along well and never mated. Because of the sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Twiggy never returned to the Netherlands. Seven years after Twiggy's arrival, the male elephant died of cancer and has been the only elephant in Belgrade zoo ever since.

Twiggy's an Asian elephant. If she wasn't trapped like an elephant, she'd probably be leading her herd today like the oldest elephant. Herds of elephants are matriarchs, which means they are led by the oldest elephant and are made up only of females.

Muja - More than 85-year-old alligator

Muja, even though she's in her ninth decade of life, still calls out to a female to mate.

This video shows Muja feeding.

Did you know that belgrade is home to the oldest alligator in the world?

For 11 years, Muja has been the title not only the oldest alligator at the Belgrade Zoo, but he is also the oldest member of his species to live in all the zoos in the world..

The average life and life expectancy of an alligator is 50 years old, and the muja is over 85. That's what makes him Methuselah.

Muja arrived in Belgrade in 1936. And by then he was already a few years old. It is not known exactly how many, because documents burned during the bombing of Belgrade during World War II.

He survived three bombings in Belgrade, and since 2012, he walks on three legs.

He had gangrene, so his front right leg had to be amputated.

A lot of people wonder if Muja is a player because of his poor movement, but he's not. He's actually very lively when they feed him.

He prefers to eat chicken, fish and rats, and his food is served once a week. He spends cold Belgrade winters in a heated winter, and in summer he is in an outdoor pool, where he prefers to rest in the sun.

Age is just a number for him because he's still spreading a love call, marking territory, and according to the experts who take care of him, he's looking for a female.

Penzioneri među životinjama iz beogradskog zoološkog vrta

Da li je ovo moguće... U Beogradskom zoološkom vrtu su 2 penzionera među životinjama. Oni su najstariji te vrste, a neki su čak i najstariji na svetu OS svih životinja zoološkog vrta. Postoje neke veoma interesantne priče o njima.

1. Slonica Tvigi stara vise od 50 godina

2. Aligator Muja star preko 85 godina

Pa da počnemo...

Tvigi, baka medju slonicama

U jesen 1990. Godine u Beogradski zoološki vrt dovedena je slonica Tvigi. Tada je imala 24 godine. Rođena je u Indiji, odakle je prokrijumčarena u Englesku. Zbog svoje "loše naravi", prebačena je u zoološki vrt u Holandiji, gde je živela od 1977. do 1980. godine. Godine. Naime, Tvigi je u Beograd došla kao "zajam" holandskog zoološkog vrta kako bi se parila sa muškim slonom koji je već bio zatvoren u Beogradskom zoološkom vrtu. Međutim, njih dvoje se nisu dobro slagali i nikada se nisu parili.

Zbog sankcija uvedenih Jugoslaviji devedesetih godina, Tvigi se nikada nije vratila u Holandiju. Sedam godina posle Tvigijevog dolaska, muški slon je umro od raka i od tada je jedini slon u Beogradskom zoološkom vrtu.

Tvigi je azijski slon. Da nije zarobljena kao mladunče, verovatno bi danas vodila svoje krdo kao najstariji slon. Krda slonova su matrijarhati, što znači da ih vodi najstarija slonica i da ih čine samo ženke.

Muja - aligator star vise od 85 godina

Muja, iako je u devetoj deceniji života, i dalje doziva ženku da se pari.

Da li ste znali da je Beograd dom najstarijeg aligatora na svetu?

Muja već 11 godina ima titulu ne samo najstarijeg aligatora u Beogradskom zoološkom vrtu, već je i najstariji pripadnik svoje vrste koji živi u svim zoološkim vrtovima na svetu..

Prosečan životni vek i životni vek aligatora je 50 godina, a Muja je preko 85 godina. To ga čini Metuselumom.

Muja je u Beograd stigao 1936. A do tada je veж imao nekoliko godina. Nije poznato koliko ih je tačno, jer su dokumenti izgoreli tokom bombardovanja Beograda tokom Drugog svetskog rata.

Preživeo je tri bombarfovanja Beograda, a od 2012. hoda na tri noge.

Imao je gangrenu, pa mu je prednja desna noga morala biti amputirana.

Mnogi se pitaju da li je Muja igračka zbog lošeg kretanja, ali nije. On je zapravo veoma živahan kada ga hrane.

Najviše voli da jede piletinu, ribu i pacove, a hrana mu se služi jednom nedeljno. Hladne beogradske zime provodi u zagrejanoj zimi, a leti je na otvorenom bazenu, gde više voli da se odmara na suncu.

Godine su za njega samo broj jer još uvek širi ljubavni zov, obeležava teritoriju, a prema rečima stručnjaka koji brinu o njemu, on traži ženku.