The record holder for the longest tortoise life goes to… a Madagascar Radiated Tortoise (Geochelone radiata) who was given to the Tongan royal family by Captain Cook in the late 1700’s and lived to the ripe old age of 188!
Radiated tortoise Madagascar. Flickr Credit: Teague O'Mara
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AnimalRecords/default.cfm
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soooo cool
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wow how do you do emotions
I heard you can count the rings on a tortoises shell and tell how old they are.