Day 756: senescence

Senescence refers to gradual deterioration with age and in animals is typically very obvious under zoo conditions.

Artwork
Koshiro Onchi : Ueno Zoo (Ueno Dobutsuen) from the series Scenes of Last Tokyo (1945)

Word of the day
senescence : the fact of becoming older, and therefore being in less good condition and less able to function well

Quote of the day
“Senescence begins
And middle-age ends
The day your descendants
Outnumber your friends”
― Ogden Nash