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This kinda blew my mind...
Kolkata tortoise, Clive's pet, dies at 250 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060323/india_nm/india241890
A giant aldabra tortoise thought to be around 250 years old has died in the Kolkata zoo of liver failure, authorities said on Thursday.
The tortoise had been the pet of Robert Clive, the famous British military officer in colonial India around the middle of the 18th century, a local
minister in West Bengal state said.
Local authorities say the tortoise, named "Addwaitya" meaning the "The One and Only" in Bengali, was the oldest tortoise in the world but they have
not presented scientific proof to back up their claim.
"Historical records show he was a pet of British general Robert Clive of the East India Company and had spent several years in his sprawling estate
before he was brought to the zoo about 130 years ago," West Bengal Forest Minister Jogesh Barman said.
"We have documents to prove that he was more than 150 years old, but we have pieced together other evidence like statements from authentic sources and
it seems that he is more than 250 years old," he said.
The minister said details about Addwaitya's early life showed that British sailors had brought him from the Seychelles islands and presented him to
Clive, who was rising fast in the East India Company's military hierarchy.
On Thursday, the tortoise's enclosure wore a deserted look.
"This is a sad day for us. We will miss him very much," a zoo keeper said.
Wild Aldabra tortoises are found in the Aldabra island in the Indian Ocean Seychelles islands. They average about 120 kg. It is believed that
tortoises are the longest lived of all animals, with life spans often surpassing 100 years.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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XHonusWagnerX
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WOW..... 250 years old. Its really to bad that we cant communicate with animals like that. Imagine what the tortise lived through and possibly saw!?
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What we need is some ooze on those kind of tortises that they might mutate into more humanoid forms and have Geriatric Mutant Storyteller Turtles that
we might learn from their wisdom and experience!
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