Editing Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (section)

===Blackie===
On January 13, 2014, the CMZ's [[Nile hippopotamus]] "Blackie", was euthanized at approximately 60 years of age.<ref name="cleveland.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/01/blackie_oldest_hippo_in_north.html|title=Blackie, oldest hippo in North America, dies at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo|website=Cleveland.com|date=14 January 2014 |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> He was born in the wild in 1953, then moved to Germany temporarily before moving to Cleveland where he lived at the zoo's Pachyderm Building from 1955 until 2008. For the remaining years of his life, he lived at the zoo's private Africa barn in a two-room enclosure. At the time of his death, Blackie was believed to have been the longest-lived male Nile hippopotamus ever recorded in human care in North America, though this age has since been surpassed by a hippo at the [[Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park]]. As far as hippos go, he had a gentle demeanor and weighed approximately 3700&nbsp;lbs.<ref name="cleveland.com"/>