11/18/2005: Tortoise celebrates birthday

Undertoad · 11-18-2005, 04:36 PM

xoB sends this one. As your humble correspondent celebrated a birthday yesterday, so this Galopagos Land Tortoise named Harriet, three days ago at the Australia Zoo. Harriet is felt by some to be the oldest living being on the earth.

Born in 1830.

That's amazing - I don't even know how they determine that, but this beast has seen some years!

Happy Monkey · 11-18-2005, 05:34 PM

I heard a stat on some show - Lincoln was 21.

Ubergeek · 11-18-2005, 05:46 PM

Wow! I knew these critters lived a long time... but Jezzz!!

I doubt I'll be that spry when I'm pushing 200.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-18-2005, 07:48 PM

They could have at least waited for Harriet to put her teeth in before they took the picture.
Look at her expression....I've seen that look on old people before...."Ya dang fool whipper snappers".

Hey..wait...Galapagos.....1830. Holy shit, she was a year old when Darwin reached the Galapogos. She could have met him!

GreenYoda · 11-18-2005, 10:11 PM

In fact, Darwin is supposed to have brought Harriet back from the Galapagos with him (although some dispute this story). See http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bullet...152006/b798905.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-18-2005, 10:18 PM

Welcome to the Cellar, GreenYoda.

Thanks for the link.

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There is no doubt however over the age of Harriet, who for more than a century was thought to be a male and named Harry.

wolf · 11-19-2005, 12:22 AM

You think she's eyeing up the cake because she thinks it's a boy tortoise?

Trilby · 11-19-2005, 07:35 AM

She looks pissed off. I wish I had a cake like that. Maybe for my birthday...

Happy Monkey · 11-19-2005, 09:27 AM

No need to move fast if you've got 175 years to get there.

Katkeeper · 11-19-2005, 11:51 AM

UT is not quite that old. I should know!

Trilby · 11-19-2005, 12:32 PM

...upon further investigation, that turtle on top of the cake probably isn't frosting. I want the huge turtle on my cake to be of frosting. Pure frosting.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-19-2005, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Katkeeper

UT is not quite that old. I should know!

Let's see....39 minus 20 equals Tony's age of 19.

Sweets · 12-04-2005, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

...upon further investigation, that turtle on top of the cake probably isn't frosting. I want the huge turtle on my cake to be of frosting. Pure frosting.

Mmmm, I'm with you Brianna.

Undertoad · 06-23-2006, 12:40 PM

That's it for Harriet.

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A 176-year-old giant tortoise believed to have been studied by famed English naturalist Charles Darwin, has died in Australia after a short illness. The extremely elderly tortoise, Harriet, was hatched on the Galapagos Islands in 1830 but lived out her final years at Australia Zoo in southeast Queensland where she was the star attraction.

Senior veterinarian John Hangar said the 150-kilogram (330-pound) reptile died on Thursday night after a short illness. "She had been sick yesterday with, in effect, heart failure," Hangar told ABC radio. "She had a fairly acute heart attack and thankfully passed away quietly overnight."

Hangar said Harriet, who had made it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest living animal, had been credited with helping Darwin pioneer his theory of evolution.

BigV · 06-23-2006, 07:41 PM

Soup's on!

11-18-2005, 04:36 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	11/18/2005: Tortoise celebrates birthday xoB sends this one. As your humble correspondent celebrated a birthday yesterday, so this Galopagos Land Tortoise named Harriet, three days ago at the Australia Zoo. Harriet is felt by some to be the oldest living being on the earth. Born in 1830. That's amazing - I don't even know how they determine that, but this beast has seen some years!

11-18-2005, 05:34 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I heard a stat on some show - Lincoln was 21. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-18-2005, 05:46 PM	#3
Ubergeek Simulated Simulacrum Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 39	Wow! I knew these critters lived a long time... but Jezzz!! I doubt I'll be that spry when I'm pushing 200. __________________ Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't tell where it keeps its brain. Arthur Weasley

11-18-2005, 07:48 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They could have at least waited for Harriet to put her teeth in before they took the picture. Look at her expression....I've seen that look on old people before...."Ya dang fool whipper snappers". Hey..wait...Galapagos.....1830. Holy shit, she was a year old when Darwin reached the Galapogos. She could have met him! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 11-18-2005 at 07:53 PM.

11-19-2005, 12:22 AM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You think she's eyeing up the cake because she thinks it's a boy tortoise? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-18-2005, 10:11 PM	#5
GreenYoda Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2	In fact, Darwin is supposed to have brought Harriet back from the Galapagos with him (although some dispute this story). See http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bullet...152006/b798905.

11-19-2005, 07:35 AM	#8
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	She looks pissed off. I wish I had a cake like that. Maybe for my birthday...

11-19-2005, 09:27 AM	#9
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	No need to move fast if you've got 175 years to get there. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-19-2005, 11:51 AM	#10
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	UT is not quite that old. I should know!

11-19-2005, 12:32 PM	#11
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	...upon further investigation, that turtle on top of the cake probably isn't frosting. I want the huge turtle on my cake to be of frosting. Pure frosting.

06-23-2006, 07:41 PM	#15
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Soup's on! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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