Aug. 26, 2025

Pearl, the World's Oldest Chicken

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In Ecuador, a puppy named Aldo works as an emotional support dog at a dentist office, comforting children. Meanwhile, Starbucks in South Korea has banned the use of desktop computers and other large equipment in their cafes. In Pennsylvania, an alligator was found in a lake and will be relocated to a sanctuary. A 4-year-old child accidentally called 911 to chat about sports, leading to a friendly police visit. Lastly, Pearl the chicken has been named the oldest chicken in the world at 14 years and 69 days old.

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Callaroga Shark Media, are there. I'm Johnny Man with five

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good news stories. Good news if you hate going to

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the dentist. A puppy named Aldo has been making people

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feel more comfortable during their appointments, snuggling and calming children

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while they undergo their dental treatment. Now the bad news.

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Aldo works at the dentist office in Ecuador. So I'm

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not sure where you're listening today. You might have to

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commute to see the puppy. Aldo is an emotional support

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dog with special skills that allows him to stay with

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children during their appointments. He reduces their stress, increases their

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trust in the dentist, and reinforces their self esteem. I'm

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not sure this next story is actually good news. It

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might be bad news if you were planning on working

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today at a Starbucks in South Korea. Again, I don't

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know what you do. I don't know where you are.

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Are you in Ecuador or at the dentist? Are you

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in South Korea doing some work? I don't know. I'm

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in a basement news. Anyway, if your plan today was

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to go to the Starbucks in South Korea, I have

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bad news for you. So this is four good news

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stories and one bad news stories these Starbucks in South

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Korea has told customers you can no longer set up

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desktop computers, printers, and multi outlet power strips at the Starbucks.

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This is nationwide at South Korea Starbucks. The policy targets

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a group of customers known as and my Korean is

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not strong kagan jok c a gn g joka anyway.

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The term combines the Korean words for cafe, study and

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tribe and refers to customers who spend several hours studying

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or doing office work at the Starbucks in South Korea.

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They are also sometimes called cafe squatters, which is easier

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for me to say. Starbucks Korea wants you to know

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you can still bring your laptop, You're still welcome to work,

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you can still study, just you know, don't get ridiculous

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with what you bring. Now. I've been spending more time

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at lakes up here in New Jersey, but I got

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to be because the next state over, as you know,

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is Pennsylvania, and an alligator was spotted in a Pennsylvania lake.

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I don't expect that around here that would the alligator

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would get me. There's no chance of me going up.

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Might be alligators in this lake, not around these parts.

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Ricky was out fishing in Bucks County Magnolia Lake. He

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caught something. He told a WPVITV hooked onto something. I

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brought a close and I was like, oh no, that's

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a gator. That's definitely a gator that can't be here.

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The Bristol Township Police Department said, we have notified the

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Wildlife and Game Commission, who will be addressing this situation.

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Please use caution and avoid using the creek until it's safe.

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The police think the alligator was likely a pet that

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was abandon after being too large for the animal to handle.

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It is being sent to its new home and a sanctuary. Meanwhile,

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a four year old called nine one one. The police

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answered the boy wanted to talk about sports now, as

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it is standard operating procedure, the police went out to

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the house. When kids make accidental nine to one one calls,

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that happen probably twenty years ago when my son was young.

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I was like. The cop showed up and I was

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like what and they checked to make sure everything was okay.

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Totally get it. Appreciate you, the PD said. During the visit,

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we learned the boy was celebrating his birthday, so our

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dayshift team came to make a special day even more

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memorable than they remind us. While accid until nine one

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calls do happen. We always want kids to feel safe

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and comfortable reaching out to us, turning a small mistake

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into a moment of connection. That's what community policing is

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all about. And as soon as I saw this next story,

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I was like, I have to put this one next,

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because you never know. Congratulations to Pearl the Chicken. Pearl

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is now officially the oldest chicken in the world. As

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of August twelfth, Pearl was fourteen years and sixty nine

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days old, so you can do the math. Sonia said

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she hatched Pearl the chicken in her personal incubator on

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March thirteenth, twenty eleven. Most Easter egger hens live an

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average of five to eight years. Again, Pearl is fourteen

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and change. Pearl doesn't move around so much, so she'll

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spends most of the time in the laundry room. Sonia

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said she's welcome to come in the living room because

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she likes to watch TV when she hears it on,

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and she doesn't mind the kitten that lives with the family.

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Pearl still lays eggs laid one even this year. In

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case you're curious. The previous oldest chicken was Peanut, who

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passed away on Christmas twenty twenty three at the age

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of twenty one years and two hundred and thirty eight

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days old. So hopefully Pearl has many years to go.

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