## Meet Peanut, the World’s Oldest Living Chicken at 21 Years of Age

Authored by smithsonianmag.com

In the years that followed, that little chick grew up to become a healthy adult bantam hen named Peanut.

And Peanut, now 21 years old, was officially named the world’s oldest living chicken earlier this year, according to the Guinness World Records.

She’s also the star of a new children’s book written and self-published by Darwin, titled My Girl Peanut and Me — On Love and Life From the World’s Oldest Chicken.

On their property, called “Darwin’s Eden,” they’ve raised an array of animals, including Welsh corgis, parrots, chickens, ducks, guinea fowl and peafowl.

She set up a cage in the living room, where Peanut lived for the first few years of her young life.

She far surpassed the previous record for the world’s oldest living chicken, which was set by Cheddar, a 12-year-old clucker, in April 2022, per the Great Lakes Echo’s Jack Armstrong.

The oldest chicken ever documented lived to the age of 23 years and 152 days, according to Guinness World Records. »

### A Pennsylvania dog was adopted after 7 years of waiting. She was wearing a bandana from her adopter’s late pet.

Authored by inquirer.com

Her new owner found the dog wearing her late pet's bandanna, which she had donated months earlier.

A Pennsylvania shelter’s longest resident has been adopted and her story is going viral following a kismet coincidence onlookers are calling fate.

She told the employees that her dog, Jo, had passed away a few months back and she was finally ready to get another dog. »

### Plane forced to return to JFK Airport after horse on board gets loose

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A 747 cargo plane heading to Belgium from New York was forced to return to John F. Kennedy International Airport after a horse escaped from its stall, according to the air traffic control audio.

In the air traffic control audio, a pilot is heard saying, "We are a cargo plane with a live animal, a horse, on board.

It remains unclear how the horse managed to escape but it remained unrestrained until the plane landed at JFK, according to the audio. »

### The humble trash truck is ready for an all-electric upgrade

Authored by canarymedia.com

The battery-powered garbage truck is the first of its kind in the state.

COR Disposal and Recycling, which owns and operates the vehicle, debuted the truck in early November at a ceremony with the utility Portland General Electric.

Although the 66,000-pound trash hauler is unique in Oregon, it’s not the only electric garbage truck to navigate neighborhoods nationwide. »

### Gazan criticizes Hamas on Al Jazeera as reporter turns away, ignores him

Authored by jpost.com

One of the networks that has received the most criticism from within Israel is the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network, which broadcasts non-stop from the Gaza Strip.

In a short interview that was broadcast on Al Jazeera Tuesday from the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Gaza, a Gazan resident publicly criticized Hamas.

AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar: The suit that Al Jazeera has filed at the ICC could shine an embarrassing spotlight on the network itself, says the writer. »

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