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


 
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