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04-19-2017, 04:22 PM
Social media mourns world's oldest bare-**sed wombat, Patrick, dead at 32
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It's **t often wombats grow into their thirties, or get internet famous.
Residing at Australia's Ballarat Wildlife Park since the '80s, Patrick was both. After a long life and plenty of attention, the adorable bare-**sed wombat died on Tuesday aged 32. He was the oldest k**wn wombat of its kind living in captivity.
Exceeding its expected lifespan by more than a decade, Patrick was a local treasure, gaining thousands of social media followers, won over by its bucked tooth smile.
SEE ALSO: Forget boring dogs, you can take wombats for walkies **w (http://mashable.com/2017/04/13/wombats-love-going-for-walkies/)
"For Patrick's age he has been in amazingly good health for the past few years, and only recently have we initiated geriatric care of a similar nature to dogs and cats," Adrienne Lavinia, the park's resident veterinarian, said in a statement (http://wildlifepark.com.au/wildlife/patrick-the-wombat/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/19/patrick-oldest-living-wombat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Residing at Australia's Ballarat Wildlife Park since the '80s, Patrick was both. After a long life and plenty of attention, the adorable bare-**sed wombat died on Tuesday aged 32. He was the oldest k**wn wombat of its kind living in captivity.
Exceeding its expected lifespan by more than a decade, Patrick was a local treasure, gaining thousands of social media followers, won over by its bucked tooth smile.
SEE ALSO: Forget boring dogs, you can take wombats for walkies **w (http://mashable.com/2017/04/13/wombats-love-going-for-walkies/)
"For Patrick's age he has been in amazingly good health for the past few years, and only recently have we initiated geriatric care of a similar nature to dogs and cats," Adrienne Lavinia, the park's resident veterinarian, said in a statement (http://wildlifepark.com.au/wildlife/patrick-the-wombat/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/19/patrick-oldest-living-wombat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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