were boer prisoners of war here. he was five when queen victoria ascended to the throne. so. chuckles. he is believed to be the oldest living land mammal and the oldest tortoise ever. he s a seychelles giant tortoise and is enjoying a comfortable retirement in the official residence of the governor of the island. his birthday s being marked with parties and the issue of a special stamp. he might be slowing down a little though, how can you tell? and a lot of the food he eats seems somehow to miss his mouth. i think his favourite is probably banana and gouyave. that s guava but we call them gouyave here. he tends to makes a big mess when he eats those, but he really likes them. chuckles. unlike most 190 year olds, he has a girlfriend, her name is emma, who is and she s young enough to be his great, great, great great granddaughter. island authorities have already made plans for his eventual demise his shell will be preserved for posterity.
rapidly at a very constant rate and we can look at the changes in the ticking of these clocks to be able to look for gravitational waves as they travel through the universe and distort space time, and this is something that ska mid and ska low high will be able to do very precisely. now, jonathan the giant tortoise from the seychelles is about to celebrate a big birthday he is turning 190. he is now blind and lacks a sense of smell but the oldest known living land mammal still enjoys eating and sleeping. gail maclellan reports. what these little eyes could have seen over the years the rise and fall of empires, kings and queens, world wars. jonathan lives on saint helena. and at approximately 190, hejust missed meeting napoleon by a few years. he was here when there were boer prisoners of war here and he actually five when queen victoria ascended to the throne, so. chuckles. he s believed to be the oldest living land mammal and the oldest tortoise ever.
now, jonathan the giant tortoise from the seychelles is about to celebrate a big birthday he is turning 190. he is now blind and lacks a sense of smell but the oldest known living land mammal still enjoys eating and sleeping. gail maclellan reports. what these little eyes could have seen over the years the rise and fall of empires, kings and queens, world wars. jonathan lives on saint helena. and at approximately 190, hejust missed meeting napoleon by a few years. he was here when there were boer prisoners of war here and he actually five when queen victoria ascended to the throne, so. chuckles. he s believed to be the oldest living land mammal and the oldest tortoise ever. he s a seychelles giant tortoise and is enjoying a comfortable retirement in the official residence of the governor of the island. his birthday s being marked
will be ready to meet and fly back. hopefully a restorative holiday for many more years to come. jonathan the seychelles giant tortoise is about to celebrate his 190th birthday with a three day party. now blind, and lacking a sense of smell, he still enjoys eating and sleeping, and is the oldest known living land animal. gail maclellan reports. what these little eyes could have seen over the years the rise and fall of empires, kings and queens, world wars. jonathan lives on saint helena. and at approximately 190, hejust missed meeting napoleon by a few years. he was here when there were boer prisoners of war here and he actually five when queen victoria ascended to the throne, so. chuckles. he s believed to be
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