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In February 2020, the Galápagos National Park, along with the Galápagos Conservancy, reported that a female tortoise was directly related to the species that Lonesome George was a part of. This female was among thirty tortoises that were found to be related to two species that are considered extinct.
Harriet's story was told in Robin Stewart's book Darwin's Tortoise: The Amazing True Story of Harriet, the World's Oldest Living Creature. [12] She appears as one of the protagonists in the Curious Science Quest series of children's time-travel adventures co-written by Julia Golding which explore the history of science. [13]
In 2022, Jonathan's estimated age exceeded that of the tortoise that Guinness World Records had recognised as the oldest recorded ever, Tu'i Malila, who died in Tonga in 1966 at the age of 189. Adwaita , an Aldabra giant tortoise that died in 2006 in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata , India, is believed to have lived to the age of 255 ...
The world’s oldest tortoise has lived through two world wars, witnessed the rise and fall of the British Empire, and has just turned 190 years old. ... An animated video and song dedicated to ...
Article on Lonesome George The giant tortoise of Galapagos Island. Lonesome George, by Vicky Seal "Team of Veterinarians Prepare Hybrid Tortoises for Release on Pinta Island in 2010" (Press release). Galapagos Conservancy. 2010-02-03. Archived from the original on 2010-02-08.
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Tu'i Malila, a radiated tortoise, died at the age of 188 in May 1966, at the time the oldest verified vertebrate. [109] This tortoise was hatched in 1777. Harriet, a Galápagos tortoise, died at the age of 175 in June 2006. [110] Timothy, a Greek tortoise, born in Turkey died at the age of 165 on 3 April 2004 in the UK. [111]
In the image taken in May of last year, 24-year-old Muhammad Abdul, who reportedly goes by the alias of Fazal Sheikh, is seen standing on the shell of a giant Galapagos tortoise in a zoo enclosure.