He's been given an official birthday of 4 December 1832, so he's not quite there yet.
He predates Queen Victoria's coronation, the telegraph, Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale collections, Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, etc.
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Meet Jonathan, the world's oldest living tortoise aged at a staggering 194 years old. He was born in 1832. | Spyke
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I am pretty sure he is yelling "Get off my lawn!"
Jonathan spends his days doing almost everything with his mate Frederik, another male tortoise he was introduced to in 1991.
https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/meet-the-oldest-living-tortoise-5-186366/
He's been given an official birthday of 4 December 1832, so he's not quite there yet.
He predates Queen Victoria's coronation, the telegraph, Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale collections, Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, etc.