Sonia had lived at Longleat since 1976 and died a short time before reaching her 50th birthday.
A safari park says one of its beloved hippopotamus' will be "deeply missed" after dying at the age of 49.
Sonia lived at the park's Half Mile Lake and had been a firm favourite for visitors as part of the boat safari."She will be deeply missed by her devoted keepers. "Sonia even made history a few years ago when she became the first hippo to share UK waters with beavers in 100,000 years… not to mention the Californian sea lions who splash around there too," a spokesperson added.
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