世界最老驢歸西 享年54歲震驚動物界
He was born the same year Tommy Steele was topping the charts and the Russians sent Sputnik into space. Like his famous namesake, he's been around for donkey's years - but at the age of 54, Eeyore is being hailed as the oldest living donkey in the world. Believed to be born in 1957, he is now a Guinness World Record contender for oldest donkey in the world.
在迪士尼經典動畫片《小熊維尼》中藍色“憂鬱的驢子”（Eeyore）以它“憨厚老實”的可愛形象深得廣大影迷的喜愛，這個可愛憨厚的驢子竟然在現實中竟然有一個“山寨版”！記者獲悉，現實生活中也有一個叫做Eeyore的驢子因“長相”和動畫片中的虛擬形象幾乎一摸一樣而出名，但是使得這個驢子出名的原因不僅僅是因爲它有着“名人外表”，令人吃驚的是，Eeyore驢子卻是因“長壽”而出名，因爲54歲的它即使是在這個在驢子圈內、甚至動物界年齡都是十分“年長的”並且是“神仙級別”了。據悉，這位“高齡”54歲驢子出生在1957年，也就是蘇聯發射人造衛星那一年，它的長壽記錄已經被《世界吉尼斯大全》收錄其中，被正式“納入”世界上最老驢子的榜單中。
The animal named after the gloomy Winnie the Pooh character has outlived other donkeys whose lifespan is usually 25-30 years. Like his Winnie the Pooh namesake, old Eeyore is prone to glumness - perhaps because he keeps outliving his animal companions. Owner Selwyn Demmy, took in Eeyore earlier this month at his animal sanctuary in Cheshire and discovered his two previous owners had him for over 50 years combined. Originally living with a family in Disley, Derbyshire, the beloved donkey was once tended to by a 20-year-old girl who is now 72 - proving his age to be over 50.
據悉，驢子的通常年齡週期一般是25到30年左右，這位以迪士尼卡通形象命名的54歲驢子Eeyore已經是高齡中的高齡了，就連驢子Eeyore的主人都已經因爲年齡太大，不適於繼續照顧它，在“撫養”驢子Eeyore整整50年以後，不得不把這個心愛的寵物轉交給別人。據悉，驢子Eeyore的第一位主人從20歲開始就在照顧它了，一照顧就照顧了整整50年，一轉眼從一個年紀輕輕的小姑娘就成了一個72歲的老太太。
