[presidio9]

A Galapagos tortoise. A 176-year-old giant tortoise believed to have been studied by famed English naturalist Charles Darwin, has died in Australia after a short illness.(AFP/Don Emmert)

[martin_fierro]

"Dudecrush, we turtles toooootally live to one hundred seventy-URRrrrRGHKK!"

[yankeedame]

(sigh) The good die young.

[atomicpossum]

"She had a fairly acute heart attack and thankfully passed away quietly overnight."

Yeah. Unlike those kicking, screaming turtle deaths.

[Mr. Mojo]

Incredible....born during the Andrew Jackson administration.

[rightinthemiddle]

"Harriet was originally named Harry, as she was mistakenly identified as male, an error which was not rectified for more than a century."

___________

She was kinda flat-chested.

[atomicpossum]

Her older sister:

[battlecry]

I'll be the first to say it. Bush's fault.

[HaveHadEnough]

That's one big bowl of turtle soup.

[frogjerk]

Harriet, the world's oldest tortoise, dies aged 176

GORE: "It had to be global warming. She would have lived to at least 176 1/2 if not for those evil SUVs"

[jpl]

Ahh, the benefits of slow and easy living.

[longshadow]

A 176-year-old giant tortoise believed to have been studied by famed English naturalist Charles Darwin, has died in Australia after a short illness.

Will the Grand Master of DarwinCentral™ ("the Conspiracy that Cares") be issuing a statement of consolation later today?

[ThinkDifferent]

Friend of yours?

[mikrofon]

Aussie & Harriet

[RandallFlagg]

Gamera is sad.