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Grytpype-Thynne on May 1st, 2024 at 15:25 UTC »

He’s a tortoise!

Spartan2470 on May 1st, 2024 at 15:57 UTC »

Here is a higher quality and less cropped version of the image on the left. Here provides the following caption:

> 1886 Johnathan the tortise [sp] and the 4 Saints

> Image taken of Johnathan in 1866 on St. Helena.

Here is a less cropped version of the image on the right. Here is the source from January 2022.

According to here:

> Jonathan the Tortoise is the oldest known living land animal on Earth.

> As of January 2022, he is also the oldest chelonian ever recorded.

> Born in the early 1800s, Jonathan has lived on the remote island of St Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean, since 1882.

> He has spent his island life in the Plantation House paddock, alongside a handful of other (younger!) tortoises.

> He has watched more than 30 Governors come and go from Plantation House; watched the island introduce radios, telephones, TVs, internet, cars and an airport. He has lived through two world wars.

lupindeathray on May 1st, 2024 at 19:00 UTC »