Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoBobi, the world's oldest dog ever, dies aged 31www.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1636arrow-down118
arrow-up1618arrow-down1external-linkBobi, the world's oldest dog ever, dies aged 31www.bbc.co.ukBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squaredarganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58arrow-down4·11 months agoI just don’t buy it as a 31 year old dog.
minus-squareBassTurd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down2·11 months agoTo confirm, they can cut off one of the legs and count the rings.
minus-squareidunnololz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoOhhhhhhh that makes sense. 👍
minus-squareroguetrick@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoTo be sure. A purebred dog the kids “kept secret” for several years after a culling. So only the kids knew the dog even existed. Sounds more like the kids found a puppy and justified keeping it by saying they always had it.
minus-squareryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·11 months agoHow many years after the culling are we thinking they “found” him? Because even if you take off 10 years, he looked astonishingly good for 21! Even if they’re a few years off, he lived to be ancient.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoIt doesn’t say in the article how long they kept the dog secret. They were 8 so I can’t imagine it was more than a week or two.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down3·11 months agoyeah, no grey hair at all??
minus-squareverysoft@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up24·11 months agoThat’s the secret to living long, just don’t go grey.
minus-squareDagonPie@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoIm not even 30 yet and im going gray. How fucked am i
minus-squareverysoft@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoYou will be lucky to outlive Bobi.
minus-squareMedicsOfAnarchy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months ago(notes your comment is 5 hours old. Too late to reply.)
minus-squareeric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoHair dye is the fountain of youth.
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoMaybe there’s some weird anti aging mechanism at play?
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYeah, old dogs get grey hair just like we do https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/senior-labrador-retriever-mixed-breed-dog-royalty-free-image-1613990534.?crop=0.736xw:1.00xh;0.119xw,0&resize=2048:*
I just don’t buy it as a 31 year old dog.
To confirm, they can cut off one of the legs and count the rings.
Ohhhhhhh that makes sense. 👍
To be sure. A purebred dog the kids “kept secret” for several years after a culling. So only the kids knew the dog even existed. Sounds more like the kids found a puppy and justified keeping it by saying they always had it.
How many years after the culling are we thinking they “found” him? Because even if you take off 10 years, he looked astonishingly good for 21!
Even if they’re a few years off, he lived to be ancient.
Of that I have no doubt.
It doesn’t say in the article how long they kept the dog secret. They were 8 so I can’t imagine it was more than a week or two.
yeah, no grey hair at all??
That’s the secret to living long, just don’t go grey.
Im not even 30 yet and im going gray. How fucked am i
You will be lucky to outlive Bobi.
(notes your comment is 5 hours old. Too late to reply.)
At least you have hair
Ima try that.
Hair dye is the fountain of youth.
Maybe there’s some weird anti aging mechanism at play?
Yeah, old dogs get grey hair just like we do
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/senior-labrador-retriever-mixed-breed-dog-royalty-free-image-1613990534.?crop=0.736xw:1.00xh;0.119xw,0&resize=2048:*