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Look at this adorable little guy! I just want to rub his shell and tell him hes a goooood booooooyyyyy.
Now I feel bad for ever comparing McConnell to a turtle lol
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)Wonder if it's a record?
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)Rock steady, Jonathan!
underpants
(182,878 posts)sl8
(13,882 posts)A little more about Jonathan:
From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_(tortoise)#/media/File%3AJohnathan_and_another_tortoise_%2C_St_Helena.png
Jonathan (left) with another giant tortoise (1886)[4][1]
Jonathan was brought to the island from the Seychelles in 1882, along with three other tortoises at about 50 years of age. He was named in the 1930s by Governor Sir Spencer Davis. He continues to live on the grounds of Plantation House, the official residence of the Governor, and belongs to the government of Saint Helena.
His age is estimated by the fact that he was 'fully mature' when brought to St. Helena in 1882. 'Fully mature' means at least 50 years old, giving him a hatching date no later than 1832. A photograph featuring Jonathan originally thought to date from 1902 actually dates from 1886,[4][1] showing Jonathan four years after his arrival on St. Helena. Measurements taken from the photograph show that he was definitely fully mature in 1886. On 5 December 2008 the Daily Mail published an article about Jonathan and claimed that he is the same tortoise depicted in the photograph,[5] getting the year of the photograph wrong but estimating his date of hatching correctly. The article also erroneously stated that Jonathan was of the species Testudinipae cytodira. This appears to be a double misspelling as well as a reference not to his species, but rather to his family Testudinidae, and suborder Cryptodira, respectively.
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Moostache
(9,897 posts)He may LOOK like one, but please God don't let him live like one...
crazytown
(7,277 posts)"Don't let that thing near the Senate".
murielm99
(30,761 posts)I like elephants, too. It is a shame our opposition has these wonderful creatures as their identifiers.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)robbob
(3,538 posts)That wasnt in the job description! 😂
(Note; video wouldnt play directly, but provided a YouTube link that worked.)
JDC
(10,133 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)iscooterliberally
(2,863 posts)crazytown
(7,277 posts)Scarborough repeated it 16 times in 4 minutes.
iscooterliberally
(2,863 posts)I would rather that everyone forgets that Moscow Mitch ever even existed. The world could have done without him, that's for sure. This being said, yeah, it sure feels like Moscow Mitch is going to stick. It has a better ring to it than Cocaine Mitch.
colorado_ufo
(5,737 posts)Whatta guy!
crazytown
(7,277 posts)sandensea
(21,664 posts)If Jonathan could talk!
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)So he was born in 1832. Imagine. Three decades before the Civil War and just 46 years after the Declaration of Independence was written. If tortoises could talk!
Bayard
(22,149 posts)Long live Jonathan!
sandensea
(21,664 posts)If Lizard People exist, he's one of them - no doubt about it.
Niagara
(7,659 posts)This is amazing!