Study: mammals live longer in zoos than in the wild User UmamiSalami, in the Biology subreddit, 18 Nov 2016
Mammals from zoo populations generally lived longer than their wild counterparts (84% of species) with the effect most notable in species with a faster pace of life (i.e. a short life span, high reproductive rate and high mortality in the wild), in a study of over 50 mammal species. User mvea, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 07 Nov 2016