Crow believed to be oldest in world dies

July 8, 2006 Crow believed to be oldest in world dies (AP)

This is an undated file photo provided by Kristine Flones, a wildlife rehabilitator in the Woodstock, N.Y., hamlet of Bearsville, showing a crow named Tata. There's no way to prove Tata was the world's oldest crow when he died Sunday, July 2, 2006, at age 59. But an expert on crows says it's possible. Flones was the last owner of Tata. (AP Photo/ Kristine Flones, ho)

(AP) -- There's no way to prove Tata was the world's oldest crow when he died Sunday at age 59. But an expert on crows says it's possible.



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