The long-lived brown bear Kuchum died in the Kazan Zoo

The bear was 39 years old.

(KZN.RU, July 10). A long-lived brown bear named Kuchum died in the Kazan zoo. He was born in 1980 and at the age of two months he ended up in the Kazan Zoo.

Everyone loved and pampered Kuchum for the calm and balanced character and touching grimaces while asking for treats. The bear was a wonderful dad - he brought up not one generation of bear cubs with his mate, the bear Signalka.

In the wild, a rare bear lives to 32-33 years old. So Kuchum will rightly be called a long-liver; by human standards, his age was approaching 110 years. Over the past few years, veterinarians of the Kazan Zoo included a large number of vitamins in Kuchum’s diet to improve well-being, reports the press service of the Zoo. But despite the best efforts of doctors and Zoo staff, Kuchum's heart could not cope with the load.

After Kuchum left, two brown bears remained in the Zoo: 16-year-old Fomka and 13-year-old Masha. In addition, two polar bears live in the Zoo: the 16-year-old Terpey and the 23-year-old Malyshka.