Mochica was born on July 6, 1990, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, where he lived his entire life. "Mochica was the oldest male of his species in any North American zoo or aquarium, maybe the whole ...

Mochica, known as Mo, was 31 years old. He was America’s oldest male Humboldt penguin and lived his entire life at the zoo in Portland until he was euthanized Saturday because of old-age ailments.

The surprise disappointment at Mochica, though, was the lomo saltado ($17). Arguably the most famous Peruvian dish, it typically features steak stir-fried with French fries in soy sauce.

Mochica was euthanized at 31, about 11 years older than a Humboldt penguin typically lives in the wild, because zookeepers said his old-age ailments had become too numerous for palliative care.

The Mochica were known for their great ceramics made by craftsmen. The pottery traditionally depicted, among other things, scenes of hunting, war or sex.

Mochica lived more than a decade past the typical, 20-year life expectancy of Humboldt penguins. According to Guinness World Records, the oldest penguin in captivity is a female gentoo penguin ...

The statue, a replica of a pre-Incan Mochica ceramic, like those usually found in tombs in this region, is made of glass fiber measuring three metres tall and whose phallus measures a whopping 1.5 ...

It’s like the Rosamund Pike of restaurants. Fade in on the new Mochica Peruvian Kitchen & Bar, the new incarnation of the decade-old spot that’s in a bigger location with pisco sours on the ...

"Mochica was the oldest male of his species in any North American zoo or aquarium, maybe the whole world," Travis Koons, who oversees Oregon Zoo's bird populations, said in a press release.