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The Tortoise What the Tortoise Said to Achilles: Lewis Carroll: Also in sequel dialogs in Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter: Tortoise À rebours: Joris-Karl Huysmans: Yertle and Mack Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories: Dr. Seuss: A popular children's tale that cautions against despotism.
Jonathan (hatched c. 1832) [2] [3] is a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea).His approximate age is estimated to be 192 as of 2025, making him the oldest known living land animal.
In February 2020, the Galápagos National Park, along with the Galápagos Conservancy, reported that a female tortoise was directly related to the species that Lonesome George was a part of. This female was among thirty tortoises that were found to be related to two species that are considered extinct.
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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]
1. Tortoise and the Children (South American Indian) 2. Tortoise and Elephant (East African) 3. Tortoise and Ogre (South American Indian) 4. Rabbit and Our Old Woman ; 5. Rabbit and the Wolves (North American Indian) 6. Gar-room! 7. Little Sister Fox (Russian) 8. Hare Running (West Canadian Indian) 9. Hyena and Hare ; 10.
Esio Trot is a 1990 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. [1] The title is an anadrome of "tortoise". It was the last of Dahl's books to be published in his lifetime; he died just two months later.
Tortoises (/ ˈ t ɔːr t ə s. ɪ z / TOR-təs-iz) are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise"). Like other turtles, tortoises have a shell to protect from predation and other threats.