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World's oldest living animal discovered: 1900 Photograph

telegraph.co.uk — As a photograph it looks fairly unremarkable - a tortoise nibbles at the grass in front of a Boer War prisoner and guard. But the pictures helps to mark the reptile as the oldest animal on the planet. Jonathan, the tortoise, is believed to be 176-years-old and was about 70 at the time the black and white picture was taken.

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  • kadoosh, on 12/04/2008, -0/+9Must be a wise tortoise...
  • ILoveBoobies, on 12/03/2008, -0/+8I Like Turtles
  • Zippo, on 12/04/2008, -0/+3"Despite his old age, locals say he still has the energy to regularly mate with the three younger females."
    This tortoise puts Hugh Hefner to shame. A true hero.
  • Maxmaxxwell, on 12/03/2008, -0/+3::Insert John McCain age joke here::

    (I know, its a little late)
  • syntaxgs, on 12/04/2008, -1/+2LOL! That turtle is
  • doiveo, on 12/03/2008, -1/+2what about boobies on turtles?
  • oregonmagoo, on 12/04/2008, -0/+0Napoleon WAS buried on St Helena but was exumed to the Louve- saw 'im myself
  • Equinamin, on 12/03/2008, -1/+1~gotta love those Tortoise~beats the Hare' anyday~

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