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[Ark-AMN]

CANBERRA (Reuters) - One of the world's oldest living animals, Harriet the tortoise, celebrated her 175th birthday on Tuesday -- with a pink hibiscus flower cake at her retirement home in northern Australia.

Australia Zoo, where Harriet has spent the past 17 years, says the Giant Galapagos Land Tortoise was collected by scientist Charles Darwin in 1835, although some historians have disputed this.

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 -- and she is recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living chelonian, or reptile with a shell of bony plates.

"She would definitely be the oldest living animal on Earth ... I can't see why she shouldn't live till 200," Australian conservationist and television celebrity Steve Irwin, who owns Australia Zoo north of the city of Brisbane, told Guinness World Records.

two lifetimes on this earth, nice.

 

[TomStrong]

http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=71417




Sigh

 

[Ark-AMN]

oh damnit!

 

[Thraktor]

CANBERRA (Reuters) - One of the world's oldest living pieces of news, that of Harriet the tortoise, celebrated it's 175th birthday on Tuesday -- with Ark-AMN completely ignoring the whole first page before posting a new topic.

GAF, where the news has spent the past 17 years, is expected to post pictures of the Giant Galapagos Land Tortoise in a satirical effort to get across just how old the news truly is, although some gaffers are likely to stick to purely literary insults.

There is no doubt however over the age of the news -- which for more than a century was sitting right up there on the first page of the OT -- and it is recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest piece of news about a chelonian, or reptile with a shell of bony plates.

"It would definitely be the oldest piece of news on Earth ... I can't see why it shouldn't keep getting posted up till 200," GAF old-news conservationist and television celebrity Steve Irwin, who owns the GAF-OT, told Guinness World Records.

Fixed

 

[Raiden]

Screw those tortoise, i had to kill a thousand of them just to get their damn meat in World of Warcraft.