The oldest known animal in the world

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"Jonathan, who is a Seychelles giant tortoise, lived to see it all. At 188 years old, he's now the oldest-known animal in the world — and he's living a relaxing life on the remote island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic, where he's been since the late 1880s." As soon as I figure out how to put his picture here I will https://images.app.goo.gl/UF5GqDYnDDxbLFjL8

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1. More about Jonathan

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/2/introducing-jonathan-the-worlds-oldest-animal-on-land-561882

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Piece of cake

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3. Thanks

Handsome fellow isn't he?

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. For 188, he looks fabulous

[Ron Obvious]

5. Doesn't look a day over 180.

Amazing animal.

[BlueDawn]

9. Much better looking than "Yertle the Turtle McConnell!"

[keithbvadu2]

6. Shark, 400 or 500 y/o

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=oldest+shark+alive

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. Apparently that's not true.

https://www.livescience.com/61210-shark-not-512-years-old.html

[keithbvadu2]

11. Ahhhh, young'uns after all.

Maybe as young as 272.

Still beats the heck out of us.

[mucifer]

8. What about the 2000 Year Old Man?

https://www.wnyc.org/story/290104-2000-year-old-man/

Sorry couldn't help myself.

[Yavin4]

10. His secret?

No carbs.

[Cosmo Blues]

12. Invertebrate

Now I'm sorry I read the shark thing. Scientists! If you're trying an experiment and you're killing most of the subjects, stop the experiment

[tblue37]

13. Here:

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15. May be for Halloween

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I'll colour in my wrinkles

[yonder]

14. Napolean Bonaparte was exiled to St. Helena

where he died in 1821. Jonathan hatched about 11 years later and was moved to St. Helena some 60 years after that.

There's a perspective for ya.

[Dem2theMax]

16. I knew this was going to have something to do with McConnell!