The turtle Harriet is an animal recognized as one of the oldest in the world.
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Biography
The elephant turtle , nicknamed Garietta, was born around 1830 on an island in the Galapagos archipelago and died on June 23, 2006 in an Australian zoo .
It is believed that in 1835 the famous naturalist and scientist Charles Darwin brought her and two other individuals of this species to the UK [2] . Since at that moment the animal was no larger than a plate, its age was estimated at five to six years. The sex of the animal was defined as male and it received the nickname Harry.
In 1841, all three animals were transported to the Brisbane City Botanical Garden in Australia .
In 1952, the Brisbane Botanical Garden was closed, and the tortoise was released into the conservation area of the Australian coast. Here she was discovered in 1960 by the director of the zoo from Hawaii and found that the sex of the animal is female. After some time, the turtle was moved to the Australian Zoo [3] .
Since the documents of the animal were lost back in the 20s, it is not possible to document the age of the tortoise. However, in 1992, a genetic analysis was carried out, which confirmed that Garietta was from the Galapagos Islands [3] and her age is at least 162 years old.
In 2004, her 175th birthday was solemnly celebrated. Her weight at that time was 150 kg, and the size of a small dining table [4] .
June 23, 2006, Garietta died of heart failure [4] .
See also
- Advaita (turtle)
- Kiki (turtle)
- Thuy Malila
Notes
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060626144522/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1670600.htm
- ↑ There is an opinion that this legend is erroneous, since the range of the subspecies to which Harriet belongs is limited to only one island of the Galapagos archipelago, and it was this island that Darwin did not visit. [1] [2]
- ↑ 1 2 Exclusive: The Oldest Creature On Earth (eng.)
- ↑ 1 2 The oldest inhabitant of the Earth died at the age of 175