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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
Cosmo Blues
(2,465 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,907 posts)Cosmo Blues
(2,465 posts)Handsome fellow isn't he?
Ferrets are Cool
(21,102 posts)Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Amazing animal.
BlueDawn
(892 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,640 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,811 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,640 posts)Maybe as young as 272.
Still beats the heck out of us.
mucifer
(23,470 posts)Yavin4
(35,420 posts)No carbs.
Cosmo Blues
(2,465 posts)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
(65,215 posts)Cosmo Blues
(2,465 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 20, 2020, 08:56 AM - Edit history (1)
I'll colour in my wrinkles
yonder
(9,654 posts)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.