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Zoo’s oldest resident defied life expectancy

Spidey (Facebook/Britt Spaugh Zoo)
Spidey (Facebook/Britt Spaugh Zoo)

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — The Great Bend zoo’s oldest resident, a 50-year-old spider monkey, has died.

The monkey named Spidey died Monday at the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo.

Spider monkeys are expected to live about 20 years in the wild, but their life expectancy in captivity is about 40 years.

The zoo acquired the monkey in 1965.

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