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Oldest turtle ever

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Jonathan is a Seychelles giant tortoise. He currently lives on the island of Saint Helena. He is believed to be around 183 years old.

The oldest documented tortoise lived to be 189.

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1000 years old in fact the oldest tortoise in the world was called harry and he comes from Thailand . He was born 1000 years ago and he is now kept in the international zoo of Thailand.

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The oldest tortoise ever recorded, almost the oldest individual animal ever recorded, was Tu'i Malila, which 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 exceeded only by one other, a koi named Hanako whose death on July 17, 1977 ended a 215 year life span. The Alipore Zoo in India was the home to Adwaita, which zoo officials claimed was the oldest living animal until its death on March 23, 2006. Adwaita (sometimes spelled with two d's) was an Aldabra Giant Tortoise brought to India by Lord Wellesley who handed it over to the Alipur Zoological Gardens in 1875 when the zoo was set up. Zoo officials state they have documentation showing that Adwaita was at least 130 years old, but claim that he was over 250 years old (although this has not been scientifically verified). Adwaita was said to be the pet of Robert Clive. Harriet, a resident at the Australia Zoo in Queensland, was apocryphally thought to have been brought to England by Charles Darwin aboard the Beagle. Harriet died on June 23, 2006, just shy of her 176th birthday. Timothy, a spur-thighed tortoise, lived to be approximately 165 years old. For 38 years she was carried as a mascot aboard various ships in Britain's Royal Navy. Then in 1892, at age 53 she retired to the grounds of Powderham Castle in Devon. Up to the time of her passing in 2004 she was believed to be the UK's oldest resident. According to articles published by the Daily Mail and the Times in December 2008, Jonathan, a Seychelles Giant tortoise living on the island of St Helena may be as old as 176 or 178 years. If true, he could be the current oldest living animal on Earth.

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The oldest turtle that lived has been so far was 255 years old.

The oldest so far has been 255 years old.

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In Japan, there is a loggerhead turtle that turned 402 on February 23, 2008.

there is no answer to that because some people say 509 987 an all

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The oldest on record was named Tu'i Malila belonged to the Tongan royal family and died on May 19, 1965, at the age of 188.

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175 years of age.

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harriet

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