X-Message-Number: 24265 From: "Omnedon" <> Subject: Magician's Methuselah Chicken (AP) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:42:57 -0500 Here is another (anecdotal) example that longevity may be affected by reproductive characteristics. Or perhaps it was the nightly tucking in? You decide: "Matilda really is a magic chicken. Long a prop in a magician's show, the hen has been certified by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living chicken." . . . "One of Matilda's doctors, Randy Britt of Britt Animal Hospital, said the hen has practically doubled the 7- or 8-year normal lifespan for a chicken." "Matilda has never laid eggs, something Mrs. Barton believes contributes to the bird's long life. Matilda is so pampered she's even tucked in at night." Link to full article: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&e=1&u=/ap/20040617/ap_on _fe_st/oldest_chicken www.BladesOfLegend.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24265