Show zoo hippopotamus reaches ripe old age new york peter the great Is unique among his kind ile he recently celebrated hla his twenty fifth birth day which Is another rare event for one of 0 petes race who usually pass to the great beyond before arriving at this staid old age it if pete has any intention of passing on lie failed to demonstrate an early demise as he gobbled up two bales of hay in his quarters in the bronx pete Is tile the huge hippopotamus that for many years has been the center of admiration of the millions of visitors to the zoo |