Does anyone happen to know the age of the worlds oldest tortoise?

Question

It is a useful thing to know. i just read it.

Answer 1

250 years old, as I recall. Died a couple of years ago, in a zoo in India. (this is from memory. Heard about it on a radio show) Liver failure.

Found a news story about it: http://www.livescience.com/animals/06032...

Answer 2

The oldest documented tortoise, Harriet, a Galapagos tortoise believed to have been a pet of Charles Darwin's, died in Australia in June 2006 at the age of 176. On March 24, 2006, a giant Aldabra tortoise believed to have been 255 years old, a gift to Robert Clive in 1875, died at a zoo in Calcutta.

Who is the current record-holder?

Answer 3

makes no difference to me at this time''

Answer 4

If you like trivia there's no harm in knowing this info.

"The oldest tortoise ever recorded, almost the oldest individual animal ever recorded, was Tui Malila, who was presented to the Tongan royal family by the British explorer Captain Cook shortly after its birth in 1777. Tui Malila remained in the care of the Tongan royal family until its death by natural causes on May 19, 1965. This means that upon its death, Tui Malila was 188 years old. The record for the longest-lived vertebrate is succeeded only by one other, a koi fish named Hanako whose death on July 17, 1977 ended a 226 year life span." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise

Answer 5

I do believe it's 69 years....though I could be wrong....but if I'm right then that'd be awesomecakes! ^_^

Answer 6

Well over 200 Years...!!

Answer 7

Adwaitya was at least 130 years old, but some claim that he was over 250 years old (although this has not been scientifically verified).

Answer 8

I think it might be lonesome George in the Galapagos.!!!

Answer 9

The world's oldest tortoise dies

  

  



A giant Galapagos tortoise, the world's oldest known living creature, has died in Australia at the age of a hundred and seventy six. Harriet the tortoise



sorry not living

Answer 10

100 years plus

Answer 11

The only old tortoise I know of is one kept in Australia (not sure where exactly) which is said to have belonged to Darwin who took it from the Galapagos Islands.

...ooops sorry, too late.  Apparently the tortoise in question died.  RIP

BBC Learning English | The world's oldest tortoise dies 23 Jun 2006 ... A giant Galapagos tortoise, the world's oldest known living ... was once the personal pet of the British naturalist, Charles Darwin. ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learni...  

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