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Species: Chelonoidis niger abingdonii (Pinta Island tortoise): Sex: Male: Hatched: c. 1910: Died: June 24, 2012 (aged 101–102) Galápagos National Park: Resting place: Taxidermied and on display at Galápagos National Park
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 ...
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]
Aug. 19—The ABQ BioPark Aquarium is mourning the loss of Mimi, a loggerhead sea turtle, who died on Thursday. Her age is unknown, but she was believed to be about 75 years old. "Mimi was shy and ...
Hope, a beloved albino pinkbelly sideneck turtle who was born with an exposed heart, has died. The turtle quickly became an online sensation after her owner, Michael Aquilina, began sharing her ...
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The last known individual of the subspecies was a male named Lonesome George [20] (Spanish: El Solitario Jorge), [21] who died on 24 June 2012. [ 7 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In his last years, he was known as the rarest creature in the world.
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] The oldest known bird in the world was an Australian sulphur-crested cockatoo called Cocky Bennett, who lived to 120. [112]