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why are most of those dogs chihuahuas? I always associated those with bad health, always picking a fight, and coyote bait. They always seem like they have parkinson's.

The oldest one being a livestock guardian dog makes way more sense. And the other older two as cattle dogs, yes.

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16 hours ago, Clorox Bleachman said:

Loads of people lie about their pets' ages. It's harder to disprove than folk saying their granny in Burkina Faso is 165, as we have a good idea of the max lifespan of humans. There's more variation in animals and different breeds. People with genuinely old dogs are less likely to realise they have a record holder on their hands.

I knew an old man whose cat lived from 1982 to 2010. He never realized how rare this was.

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Reggie the rescue dog who shot to TV fame after being taught to fly an aeroplane has died, it has been announced.

The Shropshire Star reported Reggie's stratospheric rise to stardom in 2016 when the loveable 18 month old pooch was trained to take the controls of an aircraft.

Reggie, who used to live at Telford's Hilbrae Rescue Kennels, was one of the stars of the Sky TV show Dogs Might Fly.

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On 02/02/2023 at 15:30, Clorox Bleachman said:

Bobi from Portugal was born on 11th May 1992, making him the oldest dog ever to be verified. The record had stood since 1939.

 

This dog is 30 YEARS OLD!!!!

How can we be sure he is 30 ? In the article they say that Bobi has a verified birth certificate from 1992, but maybe the owner had a dog born in 1992, it died, and he got one from the same species.

As for its age verified by a pet database, I don’t think it’s an exact science, so it could easily be 28 or even 25

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My cat died today.    Only 3 1/2 years old.  Wee Garfield now chasing birds and mice over the rainbow bridge. 

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10 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said:

My cat died today.    Only 3 1/2 years old.  Wee Garfield now chasing birds and mice over the rainbow bridge. 

Sorry for your loss, we sometimes underrate the importance and feelings towards pets... :( 

Why did s.he died so young ?

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3 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Sorry for your loss, we sometimes underrate the importance and feelings towards pets... :( 

Why did s.he died so young ?

No idea.  Possibly clipped by a car then had a fit.  Not sure of the full story yet. 

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Really sorry to read this Paul.Thoughts are with you and your family.Losing a pet is always awful but especially at such a young age.

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Tiger cub Oboi of Finland's Korkeasaari Zoo dead at 1 from peritonitis caused by sharp bone fragment.

 

Asiatic cheetah cub Pirouz dead at 1 from kidney failure after suffering from digestive and kidney problems since birth. There are only 11 or 12 living Asiatic cheetahs.

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The Oregon Zoo has announced that Takoda, the youngest member of its black bear family, died Friday during a routine medical procedure. He was 13.

The bear went into cardiac arrest while under anesthesia for a routine health check, and despite the efforts of zoo employees, Takoda could not be revived.

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9 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

The Oregon Zoo has announced that Takoda, the youngest member of its black bear family, died Friday during a routine medical procedure. He was 13.

The bear went into cardiac arrest while under anesthesia for a routine health check, and despite the efforts of zoo employees, Takoda could not be revived.

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Ah, hello SC. Good to see you here ;)

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2 hours ago, Achelous said:

18000 cows have been killed in an explosion in Texas.   Never before have so many cows been killed at once.


I have to claim ignorance as to the coo population back then, but given their swimming deficiencies, I’d say the flood (see Noah’s Arc) could challenge.

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1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:

I have to claim ignorance

 

That, if nothing else, is a remarkable admission.

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Lin Hui (Wiki), female giant panda dead at 21

Her husband Chuang Chuang died in 2019 and their little female baby Lin Ping was born in 2009 and is still living!

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Irish President Michael D Higgins' dog Bród (a Bernese Mountain Dog)has died aged 11.

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More than 100,000 birds are dead in the Dakotas after two reported cases of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza.

75,000 birds were culled after the virus swept through a turkey farm in the Mount Rushmore State. This is the first of the year in the state and the largest since the outbreak began last year. 58,000 turkeys died at a facility in North Dakota.

To date, nearly 60 million birds have died since the outbreak began, affecting flocks in 47 states.

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2 hours ago, TQR said:

More than 100,000 birds are dead in the Dakotas after two reported cases of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza.

75,000 birds were culled after the virus swept through a turkey farm in the Mount Rushmore State. This is the first of the year in the state and the largest since the outbreak began last year. 58,000 turkeys died at a facility in North Dakota.

To date, nearly 60 million birds have died since the outbreak began, affecting flocks in 47 states.

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Post whore.

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4 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Post whore.


Hmm.

 

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Coffee whore.

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York University’s famous duck, nicknamed Long Boi*, is getting a statue built in his honour as, having been missing since mid-March, he is now presumed dead aged about 5.

 

*No, seriously, look at the big motherfucker:

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