The Timberdoodle, the bird that lives up to 200 years!

This beautiful bird that spends most of its time dancing in the dirt while searching for worms has gone viral across social media due to the fact that it can live up to 200 years! on average, the Timberdoodle lives to be about 80 years old, but the oldest recorded one was a 200 year old female found in southern Canada! Their long life-span certainly isn't out of pure luck, but instead a demonstration of their exemplary survival instincts and a long history of evolutionary precautionary measures! For decades, major studies have been conducted in investigation to explain why these birds have the ability to live for up to two centuries!. Watch our interview with the Illinois Bird rehabilitation and research center where we talked to their experts about this birds longevity as well as some fun facts that might be interesting to Bird enthusiasts!