Oldest living tortoise Jonathan at 190 years old

[Daehawk]

Meet 190-year-old Jonathan, the world's oldest-ever tortoise

When Jonathan the giant tortoise was born, Queen Victoria was just a teenager.
While the British monarch died more than 120 years ago aged 81, Jonathan is still shuffling around planet Earth.
Perhaps the most famous resident of St. Helena, one of the world's remotest islands, Jonathan is this year celebrating his 190th birthday -- making him the oldest tortoise ever to live.
According to Guinness World Records, Jonathan is the oldest-ever chelonian -- a category that encompasses all turtles, terrapins and tortoises.
Thought to have been born around 1832, Jonathan was gifted to Sir William Grey-Wilson -- who later became governor -- arriving in St. Helena from the Seychelles in 1882. A further 31 governors have come and gone in the decades since.
In truth, Jonathan could even be 200 years old as nobody knows his exact age, according to Matt Joshua, head of tourism on St. Helena.

Heres a pic of Jonathan when he was a young'ish 50 years old on the island

[Jaymann]

[Jeff V.]
So now turtles deserve their own thread???
[/Jeff V.]

[Holman]

Relieved that this wasn't in the RIP thread.

GO JONATHAN!

[Drazzil]

Yeah I was expecting to read the word "dead" in that sentence somewhere.

[gilraen]

He only missed Napoleon by less than a decade!

[Jeff V]

dbt remembers when he was but a hatchling.