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Giant tortoises are among the world's longest-living animals, with an average lifespan of 100 years or more. [14] The Madagascar radiated tortoise Tu'i Malila was 188 at her death in Tonga in 1965.
As of 2022, Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, is thought to be the oldest living giant tortoise at the age of 193 years. [25] Esmeralda, an Aldabra giant tortoise, is second at the age of 181 years, since the death of Harriet, a Galapagos giant tortoise, at 175. An Aldabra giant tortoise living on Changuu off Zanzibar is reportedly 199 ...
The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) ... Life expectancy in the wild is thought to be over 100 years, [110] [111] ...
The Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), ... Adwaita is reputed to have reached the longest ever measured life span of 255 years ...
The Duke of Edinburgh has encountered the world’s oldest living land animal – Jonathan the 191-year-old giant tortoise. ... with Charles III the eighth monarch of his lifespan so far.
Several lineages of tortoises have independently evolved very large body sizes in excess of 100 kilograms (220 lb), including the Galapagos giant tortoise and the Aldabra giant tortoise. They are usually diurnal animals with tendencies to be crepuscular depending on the ambient temperatures.
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.
Scientists have reported that a rare species of giant tortoise thought to have died out more than a century ago is not in fact extinct. ... Lonesome George lived out his final decades of life in ...