Now that our Long, National Shutdown Nightmare is over, things are slowly getting back to normal. Federal employees are back to work, the monuments and memorials are open to the public again, the pandacam is back on, and today, the National Zoo reopened its doors.

So what happened to the animals while (most) of the staff and visitors were away? Well, some not so great things. Apparently, two animals died during the shutdown. National Zoo spokesperson Devin Murphy tells DCist that while the National Zoo was closed and most employees were furloughed, a giant Aldabra tortoise and a wrinkled hornbill died.

While the Zoo is awaiting more details about the two animals death, Murphy says that the tortoise was elderly. “She was at least 100 years old. She arrived at the Zoo in 1966 and she was already an adult when she got here,” Murphy said. The tortoise was the second oldest animal in the Zoo behind the oldest, who is another giant Aldabra tortoise.

Update: The Zoo said in a release that Sable, the tortoise, was being treated for renal failure and an upper respiratory infection. “Full necropsy results will be available for both animals within four to six weeks.”

But we shouldn’t blame Congress for killing two animals at the National Zoo (don’t worry, you can still blame them for most everything else). Murphy says that the shutdown had no impact on their deaths. “All the veterinarians were here working as if the Zoo were open,” she says. While many of the Zoo’s employees were furloughed, all of the veterinary staff and animal specialists were declared “essential” in order to care properly for the animals.

Of course, with every cloud, there’s a silver lining: Murphy confirmed that during the shutdown, two of the Zoo’s lions totally got down and had some shutdown sex. Hakuna matata, indeed.