Harriet the Tortoise dies...
Demented Hamsters
23-06-2006, 16:06
...at 175 years old!
Harriet the Tortoise dies at 175
Harriet the tortoise, one of the world's oldest known living creatures, has died in Australia aged about 175.
Senior vet Dr John Hangar told Australia's ABC that Harriet, a Giant Galapagos tortoise, had died of heart failure after a short illness.
"She had a very fairly acute heart attack and thankfully passed away quietly overnight," Dr Hangar said.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41020000/jpg/_41020548_bbc_harriet203.jpg
Harriet (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5109342.stm)
Sad, but wow. 175. Think how much the World has changed in that time.
Andaluciae
23-06-2006, 16:09
Boo on fairly acute heart attacks!
New Zero Seven
23-06-2006, 16:09
Does she have children to carry on her legacy? :eek:
Iztatepopotla
23-06-2006, 16:31
She didn't look one day over 120.
Anyway, pass the soup.
New Burmesia
23-06-2006, 16:32
Sad, but wow. 175. Think how much the World has changed in that time.
The tortioise population was +1, for a start.
Drunk commies deleted
23-06-2006, 16:42
How does a tortoise have a heart attack? They eat nothing but salad and they seem to have no stress in their lives at all. This sounds bogus to me. I suspect murder and a cover up.
Demented Hamsters
23-06-2006, 19:01
Does she have children to carry on her legacy? :eek:
What legacy? All she did was sit and eat flowers all day.
Harlesburg
23-06-2006, 19:02
The tortioise population was +1, for a start.
That isn't the only thing that is +1.
Harlesburg
23-06-2006, 19:04
...at 175 years old!
Harriet the Tortoise dies at 175
Harriet the tortoise, one of the world's oldest known living creatures, has died in Australia aged about 175.
Senior vet Dr John Hangar told Australia's ABC that Harriet, a Giant Galapagos tortoise, had died of heart failure after a short illness.
"She had a very fairly acute heart attack and thankfully passed away quietly overnight," Dr Hangar said.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41020000/jpg/_41020548_bbc_harriet203.jpg
Harriet (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5109342.stm)
Sad, but wow. 175. Think how much the World has changed in that time.
That is scary, two of the oldest Tortoise have died this year.
Soviestan
23-06-2006, 19:05
RIP Harriet. I was hoping she could hit 200
The South Islands
23-06-2006, 19:07
Life probably gets pretty boring after 170 years.
Soviet Haaregrad
23-06-2006, 19:24
Life probably gets pretty boring after 170 years.
Life gets pretty boring after 20 years. :(
RIP Harriet. May your death been as your life full of eating and sleeping.....oh wait
Hydesland
23-06-2006, 19:29
How does a tortoise have a heart attack? They eat nothing but salad and they seem to have no stress in their lives at all. This sounds bogus to me. I suspect murder and a cover up.
It's a conspiracy! He was assasinated because he... erm.... was a threat to the government.
Wilgrove
23-06-2006, 19:53
Wow, that turtle was born in 1831! :eek:
Regatear
23-06-2006, 20:18
Life gets pretty boring after 20 years. :(
Life gets boring after 30 seconds.
O, the humanity!
*Commite suicide*