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gekkogecko
11-15-2005, 11:32 AM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051115/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_australia_tortoise;_ylt=Ar8jW4Iue_jWmFZW53g0Ws_tiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

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Harriet the tortoise turns 175 Tue Nov 15, 3:37 AM ET

CANBERRA (Reuters) - One of the world's oldest living animals, Harriet the tortoise, celebrated her 175th birthday on Tuesday -- with a pink hibiscus flower cake at her retirement home in northern Australia.

Australia Zoo, where Harriet has spent the past 17 years, says the Giant Galapagos Land Tortoise was collected by scientist Charles Darwin in 1835, although some historians have disputed this.

There is no doubt however over the age of Harriet -- who for more than a century was thought to be a male and named Harry -- and she is recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living chelonian, or reptile with a shell of bony plates.

"She would definitely be the oldest living animal on Earth ... I can't see why she shouldn't live till 200," Australian conservationist and television celebrity Steve Irwin, who owns Australia Zoo north of the city of Brisbane, told Guinness World Records.

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Aqua
11-15-2005, 12:02 PM
Cool! Happy Birthday Harriet! :bday2:

BIBI
11-15-2005, 12:58 PM
LOL....if only she could speak!

Fangtasia
11-15-2005, 01:41 PM
She is at Steve Irwins zoo.

Happy Hatching Day Harriet!!

wyndhy
11-15-2005, 02:46 PM
happy happy, harriet!
how do they know what day she was born on? :p:D

jseal
11-15-2005, 03:06 PM
gekkogecko,

Yes indeed! Harriet also made it to the Beeb: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4438448.stm

LixyChick
11-15-2005, 06:32 PM
Oh...that's so cool gecko!

And I echo...if only she could talk!

Happy Birthday Harriet! You go girl!