anyone know how old the oldest tortoise is and is it in a zoo or a family pet, is it your family pet?

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dont just say google search

i meant still living ones - there are plenty or results for just died old tortoises i seen a few results saying about harriet that died at 176, and the one died claiming to be 250 in india but what about old but still going strong

well loajp your family pet could be in your family a very very long time

so is it a matter of we got to to wait another hundred years or so before we will have a better answer :P

Answer 1

There is not a clear-cut contender for currently oldest tortoise in the world. The records for most of the remaining oldsters are not very good.

For that matter, the records for those that died recently were not good either. The oldest, sometimes given as about 250, is truely a guess since they found the tortoise as an adult of an unknown age and rather arbitrarilly decided that it was probably 100 at that point. It could just as easily have been 50-75 years younger. Most experts figure it was closer to 188.

It is also unclear that this is the same tortoise that the zoo recieved many years ago- it is just plain hard to keep good records for over 100 years!

Now- no one seems to want to go out on a limb and state that their tortoise is 'this age'. There is one in England in a private estate that is supposed to be right about 150, and a couple zoos figure theirs are over 120- but they are not claiming age records.

Answer 2

The oldest tortoise ever recorded, indeed the oldest individual animal ever recorded, was Tui Malila, who was presented to the Tongan royal family by the British explorer Captain Cook, in either 1773 or 1777 (the exact date is not known). Tui Malila remained in the care of the Tongan royal family until its death by natural causes on May 19, 1965. This means that upon its death, Tui Malila was at least either 188 or 192 years old, but either figure gains it the title of oldest Cheloniinae (tortoise or turtle) ever recorded.

Another tortoise has laid claim to be the oldest creature ever: The Alipore zoo in India was the home to Adwaitya, which zoo officals claimed was the oldest living creature until its death on Thursday, March 23, 2006. Adwaitya (sometimes spelled with two d's) was an Aldabra giant tortoise which was brought to India by Lord Wellesley who handed it over to the Alipur Zoological Gardens in 1875 when the zoo was set up. It has been there ever since. Zoo officials state they have documentation showing that Adwaitya was at least 130 years old, but claim that he was over 250 years old (although this has not been scientifically verified). Addwaitya was said to be the pet of Robert Clive 1.

Answer 3

Well, the oldest turtle in the world died about one month ago. It was kept in australia in a zoo run by Steve Erwin (yes, the crocodile hunter). I forget the exact age but it was over 100 years old. It was collected by Cook, i believe, and presented to the royal family in England. It was later sold to the zoo in australia.

Answer 4

The oldest one was found in the 18th century by a British solider. It was 180 when it was killed by accident. But the oldest tortoises live in the Galapagos islands including Lonesome George who lives in a protected lab/habitat named after Charles Darwin

Answer 5

I have a wrinkly reptilian called Griffin, he's only 4 but he's bright yellow with a good solid shell. He comes out of an evening and wanders around the living room. Whay have I put this answer on? Because he's lovely!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

idont now if its in a zoo but iam nearly sure its about 200 years old