"Kolkata tortoise, Clive's pet, dies at 250 years" (Thursday, 3/23/06)

[Goodsport]

"Kolkata tortoise, Clive's pet, dies at 250 years" (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060323/india_nm/india241890)


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An Aldabra-Seychelles tortoise seen looking at visitors in a zoo in Kolkata in this June 24, 2005 file photo. The giant tortoise thought to be around 250 years old has died in the Kolkata zoo of liver failure, authorities said on March 23, 2006.


This tortoise was even older than me (seriously)! :eek:

[yalpstel]

Wow. Isn't that just incredible?

So I wonder if 250 years is the usually life span for these giants or was his life cut short ( :eek: ) by modern day crap that his liver wasn't evolved enough to handle.

[Albany58]

Probably the latter.

[Ringo]

odd that the turtle was older than our country. granted it's just a turtle ... but it was alive when George Washington, Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were setting up this little republic of ours. Trippy to think about.

[yalpstel]

Trippy to think about.

Indeed!