The Controversy Surrounding Bobi, the World's Oldest Dog

0:03 Kalaroga Shark Media. Oh man, I am bummed about this first story. I saw this on Tuesday afternoon. I'm like, I got to tell the gang about it. Hi. I am Johnny Mack with four good news stories in this first one. If you've been listening for a year, I've told you about Bobi, the dog who set the record for oldest dog ever. Bobi was thirty one before passing away in twenty twenty three. Well, hold on, I just read in the New York Times the headline was Bobi really the world's oldest dog? His Guinness record is in doubt. I don't know. His owner claimed that Bobi, from Portugal, was more than thirty one. That drew some skepticism. Doubts about his true age have led the Guinness Book of World Records to say on Tuesday that it will temporarily pause the record for an investigation. In February of twenty twenty three, Bobi was declared the oldest dog ever by Guinness, which said he had surpassed the record set by Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who died in nineteen thirty nine at age twenty nine. Bobe's age was remarkable dogs of his breed normally lived twelve fourteen years.

1:06 Wired had published a skeptical article saying that yeah, Bobi was registered, but his age was based entirely on the owners say so. Questions were also raised because the dog appeared to be overweight, not a great sign for living a long time. Danny Chambers as a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and he said not a single one of my veterinary colleagues believe Bobi was actually thirty one years old. The Guinness Book says it has begun a formal review of the case. It'll look at new evidence and speak with interested parties and experts. Hmm. Such investigations are usually under three months, so we will find out relatively soon. Boby's longevity had been credited to roaming free and eating human food, and being friends with four cats. In other news, a You saw woman has been water skiing since nineteen sixty one. She has been dubbed the world's oldest female water skier at age ninety two. Due Jacobson. Young said she started waterskiing on Lake Bear when she was twenty nine.

2:04 Now she's joined on her outings by children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Young told Guinness, I always get butterflies before I get in the water, and the water I feel excited. We better make sure she's ninety two and not like forty. Young said she didn't know her family had applied for the Guinness Record. They surprised her with the news at a family Christmas party. She said, I can't believe it. What a surprise and an honor. A husband and wife in Austin, Texas have been honored as heroes and now they are getting good karma back in their direction. In twenty nineteen, Edgar and Sarah opened a Takaia in East Austin, and they were part of the Austin Free Fridge Program. They began replenishing the community fridge, sometimes upwards of twenty times a day. Wow with everything from fresh meals to hydration packs became a lifeline for many folks. But this summer they were forced to shut operations due to an electrical issue. A week later, they created a GoFundMe page and in two days are past their eighty thousand dollars goal. They say help is there and asking for it isn't anything to be ashamed of. Good news.

3:00 Jesse finally showered. She went six weeks without washing underwater and explained why it was worth it. She's an instagrammer. She documents her travels while living on the road in her camper van. After waiting six weeks, she paid five dollars to take a shower to local leisure center service station, but her disappointment the shower was freezing cold, and said, I guess the five dollars did include hot water. On Insta, Jesse explained, let me show you the ways I actually stay clean without taking a proper shower. I do have a shower in my RV. It's just that the water heaters out of commission. The shower head still works, it's just cold water. I still use this two ways. Want to kneel here, put my head over the base and wash my hair. The other way is I squat and clean the nether regions. Too much information there, Jess. I also washed my hair in the sink, which I do about once a week. There are a variety of different clunsing wipes you can use, but I usually prefer to use a washcloth, soap it up, scrub and you're good to go. A crafty emu has escaped from its Alabama home for the third time. Esmerelda was spotted loose running around town, but she returned home on her own. The City of Cholera sit in a Facebook post that Esmurelda reportedly had a domestic dispute involving her sister, who's also an emu. That's how that works, resulting in Esmerelda making a swift exit from her owner's home. Sue owns the EMUs.

4:16 She says, Esmerelda is the friendlier bird of the pair. The other one is Ursula. They're all moving to a new home soon. Mom says, very happy, but she's not getting out of here again until we move. And those are your four good news stories for the day, plus that other one. That's a total of five. We'll keep an eye on that. Oh man, Bob be the dog's owner, What are you doing? Man? I hope the story was true. It'd be nice to know some dog made thirty one. But we'll see see Friday.