# The Oldest Crow in the World Has Died
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 8, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583 "2006-07-08T01:06:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/1 "2006-07-08T01:06:36Z")
…at the ripe old age of 59. That’s remarkable enough, but wait till you see the [picture](http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/07/07/crow_believed_to_be_oldest_in_world_dies/). You can tell just by looking that that’s the Oldest Crow in the World. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such an elderly looking animal.
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### Author:  [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/2 "2006-07-08T01:11:36Z")
He reminds my a little of [this guy](http://samugliestdog.com/) that also passed away somewhat recently. They are together in heaven now although I never really pictured heaven that way.
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### Author:  [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/3 "2006-07-08T01:19:11Z")
He reminds my a little of [this guy](http://samugliestdog.com/) that also passed away somewhat recently. They are together in heaven now although I never really pictured heaven that way.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/4 "2006-07-08T01:23:40Z")
What? No more [Old Crow](http://www.badgerwest.com/oldcrowwhiskey.shtml)? What will I do? :eek:
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### Author:  [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/5 "2006-07-08T01:43:19Z")
Made it to 59? That’s really something to crow about!
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### Author:  [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/6 "2006-07-08T01:45:16Z")
[Darth SAM, Canine of the Sith!](http://samugliestdog.com/10-30-03-Grim-Reaper-web.jpg)
Bwah-ha-hah-ah-haha-ha-etc.
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### Author:  [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/7 "2006-07-08T01:49:15Z")
> [@the cited article](#):
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> Flones said Tata was still active and alert in his later years, to the point each spring that he called out from inside the house to crows outside, often loudly and beginning at 5 a.m.
Crowing at 5 a.m. inside a home? That bird was lucky to live more than a few days.
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### Author:  [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/8 "2006-07-08T02:27:01Z")
Hmmm… Take a good, long look at the photo of that crow, and then consider the following tidbit from the accompanying article: _he was originally found during a thunderstorm, in a frickin’ cemetery._
That ain’t no Oldest Crow in the World; that there is an _undead crow._ It’s no wonder that he lasted so long, because he was never truly alive. In fact I’m going to need some independent corroboration before I accept that he’s legitimately dead even now. They probably found the little revenant keeled over in his coop, with no body heat or respiration, and just assumed he had finally passed on-- when in reality he was deep in a necromantic coma, communing with his dark lord Mephistopheles. No doubt there’s a plastic trash bag behind a vet’s clinic somewhere with a great big hole in it right now.
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### Author:  [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/9 "2006-07-08T05:55:55Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel _he was originally found during a thunderstorm, in a frickin’ cemetery._ [/QUOTE]
Yep, Pet Sematary, just like Sam the…dog?
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### Author:  [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/10 "2006-07-08T06:09:15Z")
I’m sorry, but that is indeed the ugliest animal I have ever seen.
I feel bad for the crow, though. I miss crows–West Nile got all of ours, and seagulls have moved in. It is just wrong to have seagulls in IL. Shaddup about Lake Michigan–it’s just wrong.
Plus, crows are cool–they live in groups called murders. Seagulls are just rats with sleek feathers (kinda like pigeons).
Christ, that dog will give me nightmares!
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### Author:  [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/11 "2006-07-08T07:12:07Z")
Thanks for posting that, **Sal**. I love crows, what a cool story.
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/12 "2006-07-08T09:56:52Z")
> [@Muffin](#):
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> Crowing at 5 a.m. inside a home? That bird was lucky to live more than a few days.
My thoughts exactly. He pulled that shit on me, and he’d have been lucky to live to 5:01 AM.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/13 "2006-07-08T16:16:23Z")
My first thought was that my old boss had finally died.
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### Author:  [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/14 "2006-07-09T03:29:22Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#):
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> They are together in heaven now although I never really pictured heaven that way.
Heh. For some reason this really tickled me.
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### Author:  [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/15 "2006-07-09T04:40:03Z")
Holy s@#$, that is indeed the ugliest dog I have ever seen!!
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### Author:  [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/16 "2006-07-09T05:33:36Z")
Oh no, I thought there was no more [old crow](http://www.crowmedicine.com/)
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/17 "2006-07-09T06:15:22Z")
No. My Mother-In-Law is still kicking. I’ll keep you posted.
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### Author:  [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/18 "2006-07-09T06:51:32Z")
Having recently discovered myself in the possession of a rather potent bird-phobia, that picture kinda creeped me out.
Still, I’m sorry he died. Poor little fella. Poor, terrifying little fella.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/19 "2006-07-09T12:41:56Z")
Margaret Thatcher - Magie
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-crow-in-the-world-has-died/363583/20 "2006-07-09T14:16:20Z")
…and somewhere, Tom Servo raises a wassail in remembrance.
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