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Takket

(21,635 posts) Sat Aug 20, 2022, 03:00 PM Aug 2022

Happy 188th birthday!

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Happy 188th birthday! (Original Post) Takket Aug 2022 OP

lookin' good...not a day over 150.... bahboo Aug 2022 #1

"oldest living land animal alive" is redundant... Wounded Bear Aug 2022 #2

Birthday? Shouldn't that be Hatchday? ironflange Aug 2022 #3

And what a handsome gentleman he is! Bayard Aug 2022 #4

So amazing.... Jade Fox Aug 2022 #5

I think I've read that he has always lived in captivity. n/t Mister Ed Aug 2022 #9

couple weeks older than Mitch (the turtle) Mcconnell rurallib Aug 2022 #6

Looks a lot better than Mitch, though. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #8

Happy Birthday LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2022 #7

How do they know how old he is? Archae Aug 2022 #10

I believe Conjuay Aug 2022 #11

bahboo

(16,364 posts)

1. lookin' good...not a day over 150....

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Sat Aug 20, 2022, 03:16 PM

Aug 2022

Wounded Bear

(58,723 posts)

2. "oldest living land animal alive" is redundant...

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Sat Aug 20, 2022, 03:26 PM

Aug 2022

ironflange

(7,781 posts)

3. Birthday? Shouldn't that be Hatchday?

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Sat Aug 20, 2022, 05:21 PM

Aug 2022

Bayard

(22,168 posts)

4. And what a handsome gentleman he is!

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Sat Aug 20, 2022, 05:41 PM

Aug 2022

Jade Fox

(10,030 posts)

5. So amazing....

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Sat Aug 20, 2022, 05:57 PM

Aug 2022

I wonder how they know his age.

Mister Ed

(5,944 posts)

9. I think I've read that he has always lived in captivity. n/t

Reply to Jade Fox (Reply #5)

Sat Aug 20, 2022, 11:31 PM

Aug 2022

rurallib

(62,453 posts)

6. couple weeks older than Mitch (the turtle) Mcconnell

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Sat Aug 20, 2022, 08:24 PM

Aug 2022

Ocelot II

(115,869 posts)

8. Looks a lot better than Mitch, though.

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Sat Aug 20, 2022, 10:45 PM

Aug 2022

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,626 posts)

7. Happy Birthday

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Sat Aug 20, 2022, 09:34 PM

Aug 2022

Archae

(46,354 posts)

10. How do they know how old he is?

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Sat Aug 20, 2022, 11:57 PM

Aug 2022

Conjuay

(1,409 posts)

11. I believe

Reply to Archae (Reply #10)

Sun Aug 21, 2022, 07:36 AM

Aug 2022

He is a resident of a British estate of some duke or another and roams the grounds dragging a sign sign saying not to pick him up.

Or it could be another oldest tortoise in the world - they all look the same when the get to that age.

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