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The World's Oldest Animal in Captivity Dies

The world's oldest animal in captivity has died in Australia at the ripe old age of 176. We got to see this tortoise (see short video above) when we were in Australia last year. It is believed Harriet, the tortoise, was one of three animals naturalist Charles Darwin brought back from his trip to the Galapagos Islands in 1835 and which led to his theories of evolution and natural selection.

Posted by iChris on June 23, 2006 12:51 PM |

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