HairyFur t1_ixlwmk1 wrote on November 24, 2022 at 12:58 PM Reply to comment by JonLongsonLongJonson in TIL the oldest cat ever lived to 38 years and 3 days - 1967 to 2005. by TrevorIsTheGOAT Claiming a 40 year old cat is like claiming a 200 year old relative. It's essentially almost double the near maximum verifiable age for the species. Oldest verified people have been iirc around 115? 120 isn't out of this world. However 40 for a car is just standard American attention seeking, it's not even close to believable. Permalink Parent 1
HairyFur t1_ixkb1mb wrote on November 24, 2022 at 2:03 AM Reply to TIL the oldest cat ever lived to 38 years and 3 days - 1967 to 2005. by TrevorIsTheGOAT Why is it that the wildest most unbelievable claims come out of the USA? I knew it would be some american claiming they have some 200 year old cat. Permalink −17−
HairyFur t1_ixlwmk1 wrote
Reply to comment by JonLongsonLongJonson in TIL the oldest cat ever lived to 38 years and 3 days - 1967 to 2005. by TrevorIsTheGOAT
Claiming a 40 year old cat is like claiming a 200 year old relative. It's essentially almost double the near maximum verifiable age for the species.
Oldest verified people have been iirc around 115? 120 isn't out of this world.
However 40 for a car is just standard American attention seeking, it's not even close to believable.