Japan has the world's longest life span. Even their animals live to be elderly. Japan' oldest giant salamander, who lived in Okayama, passed away in August this year — at 100 years old.
The fact that I read his obituary in the newspaper indicates that his death has been recorded in the Salamander Death Registry. This is important because if his relatives had neglected to register his death, they could have, technically, continued receiving salamander pension payments.
But no, his children, Sally and Sammy, who were twins, were honest salamanders and registered their father's death. They had no scheming, dishonest intentions of living off dad's pension, because Sally and Sammy were upstanding salamanders. Instead, they'll live in salamander poverty for the rest of their lives.
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