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August 5, 2011 ·
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Image Credit: PD - 1900
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178-year-old tortoise is oldest animal
By T.K. RandallAugust 5, 2011 ·
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Image Credit: PD - 1900
Jonathan the tortoise is the oldest known animal alive today having survived for almost two centuries.
Jonathan arrived on the South Atlantic island of St Helena in 1882 where he has since lived his whole life. The details of his long life came to light after photographs taken during the Boerr war around 1900 were discovered showing him sitting in the foreground.The previous oldest tortoise was widely thought to be Harriet, a giant Galapagos Land tortoise, who died in 2005 aged 175 in Australia. Despite his old age, locals say he still has the energy to regularly mate with the three younger females.
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