世界最老驴归西 享年54岁震惊动物界

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.

在迪士尼经典动画片《小熊维尼》中蓝色“忧郁的驴子”（Eeyore）以它“憨厚老实”的可爱形象深得广大影迷的喜爱，这个可爱憨厚的驴子竟然在现实中竟然有一个“山寨版”！记者获悉，现实生活中也有一个叫做Eeyore的驴子因“长相”和动画片中的虚拟形象几乎一摸一样而出名，但是使得这个驴子出名的原因不仅仅是因为它有着“名人外表”，令人吃惊的是，Eeyore驴子却是因“长寿”而出名，因为54岁的它即使是在这个在驴子圈内、甚至动物界年龄都是十分“年长的”并且是“神仙级别”了。据悉，这位“高龄”54岁驴子出生在1957年，也就是苏联发射人造卫星那一年，它的长寿记录已经被《世界吉尼斯大全》收录其中，被正式“纳入”世界上最老驴子的榜单中。

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.

据悉，驴子的通常年龄周期一般是25到30年左右，这位以迪士尼卡通形象命名的54岁驴子Eeyore已经是高龄中的高龄了，就连驴子Eeyore的主人都已经因为年龄太大，不适于继续照顾它，在“抚养”驴子Eeyore整整50年以后，不得不把这个心爱的宠物转交给别人。据悉，驴子Eeyore的第一位主人从20岁开始就在照顾它了，一照顾就照顾了整整50年，一转眼从一个年纪轻轻的小姑娘就成了一个72岁的老太太。