Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1919 — Parrot and Raven Live to Be 90 and 100 Years Old [ARTICLE]

Parrot and Raven Live to Be 90 and 100 Years Old

Some birds live to a great age. The age of 90 is known to have been reached by a gray parrdt, and there are many statements of birds of the parrot family having lived for over a century. The raven also is credited with having reached 100 years. The domestic goose is another long-living bird. Many instances are known of geese attaining 40 years. The ordinary domestic fowTis seldom allowed to die of eld age, but in some country places old hens that have been rnu.de pets of remain until they are 10 or 12 years old, having long previously ceased to lay. --