Bobi, the world's oldest dog ever, dies aged 31
Bobi, the world's oldest dog ever, dies aged 31
The Guinness World Record holder, from Portugal, lived to be 31 years and 165 days old.
Let's not forget that Guinness World Records is known for giving out records without fact checking.
You just need to pay them thousands of dollars to 'verify' your record.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records#Change_in_business_model
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/business-marketing-solutions/
TIL and GTK
Disappointing but good to know nonetheless.
Death remains undefeated!
Well you're not wrong.
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.
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??
Maybe there's some weird anti aging mechanism at play?
Yeah, old dogs get grey hair just like we do
Really impressive for such a large dog. Usually the larger the shorter their lifespan.
Yeah usually like 9-15 years. Even long-lived small dogs like mini poodles are lucky to get to 18. For a big dog, 31 must be akin to a human living to 200.
RIP doggo. :(
Quite possibly they used the same substance that gives roses a long and healthy life... horseshit.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Guinness World Record holder Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo, passed away at his home in Portugal on Saturday.
"Despite outliving every dog in history, his 11,478 days on earth would never be enough, for those who loved him," wrote Dr Karen Becker.
Bobi's grand old age was validated by the Portuguese government's pet database, which is managed by the National Union of Veterinarians.
Bobi lived his whole life with the Costa family in the village of Conqueiros, near Portugal's west coast, after being born with three siblings in an outbuilding.
Mr Costa and his brothers kept the dog's existence a secret from their parents until he was eventually discovered and became part of the family, who fed him the same food they eat.
Apart from a scare in 2018 when he was hospitalised after suddenly collapsing due to breathing difficulty, Mr Costa said in February that Bobi had enjoyed a relatively trouble-free life and thought the secret to his longevity was the "calm, peaceful environment" he lived in.
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Isn't it like 160-200 in human years?
169 according to the American Kennel Club’s formula. (Year 1=15 years, Year 2=9 years, more years=5 years).
Which, if you ask me, is just more proof that humans could live to 169 if we didn’t have jobs and someone took us for walks all the time.
Have you ever seen an elderly dog? They have the same characteristics as an elderly person. Gray hair, lack muscle tone, eyes that just look old... that dog is not 31.
Bobi's grand old age was validated by the Portuguese government's pet database, which is managed by the National Union of Veterinarians.
Ah, the wonderful prevailing argument sweeping the internet the last few years: “that looks like something else, so it must be that. Let’s disregard sources and science. Everything must be what it looks like.”
Critical thinking! No! It doesn't look 'old' so it can't be!