how old is the oldest turtle?
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World's oldest living animal discovered after he is pictured in 1900 photograph He said: Jonathan is the sole survivor of three tortoises that arrived on St Helena Island in 1882. He was already mature when he arrived and was at least 50-years-old. Therefore his minimum age is 176-years-old. He is the oldest inhabitant on St Helena and is claimed to be the oldest living tortoise in the world. He lives in the grounds of Plantation House which is the governor's residence with five other tortoises who are much younger than him.
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GalÃ¡pagos Tortoise Named Speed at the time, he lived at the Zoo until his death (at an estimated 150 years old) in 2015, and was our largest tortoise. The original tortoises sent to the San Diego Zoo (yes, 9 of them are still with us!) are well over 100 years old today. Our first Galápagos tortoise hatching occurred on October 21, 1958.
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World's Oldest Mouse Reaches Milestone Birthday, Teaches Scientists About Human Aging Yoda, the world's oldest mouse, celebrated his fourth birthday on Saturday, April 10, 2004. A dwarf mouse, Yoda lives in quiet seclusion with his cage mate, Princess Leia, in a pathogen-free rest home for geriatric mice.
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400-year-old Greenland shark is oldest vertebrate animal 400-year-old Greenland shark is oldest vertebrate animal. Shark, which would have reached sexual maturity at around 150 years, sets new record for longevity as biologists finally develop method to determine age.
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Oldest Fossil on Earth Found Dating back to the Paleozoic era, the horseshoe crab existed on Earth before the dinosaurs and soldiered on through several mass extinction events. In 2008, a horseshoe crab fossil, the oldest in existence found so far, dated back to around 445 million years ago, according to a report by LiveScience. 1  Share on Facebook. 2  Tweet this article.
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Home However, there are reliable methods for determining the age of your turtle. Perhaps the oldest method is to count the rings on the back of a turtle's shell. It may not prove to be a certain way, however, because the ring boring over time.
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Oldest fossil sea turtle discovered: Huge fossilized turtle is at least 120 million years old Credit: © PaleoBios/Cadena. Scientists at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt have described the world's oldest fossil sea turtle known to date. The fossilized reptile is at least 120 million years old -- which makes it about 25 million years older than the previously known oldest specimen. The almost completely preserved skeleton from the Cretaceous, with a length of nearly 2 meters, shows all of the characteristic traits of modern marine turtles. FULL STORY.
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Turtle The earliest known members of this group date from 157 million years ago, making turtles one of the oldest reptile groups and a more ancient group than snakes or crocodilians. Of the 327 known species alive today, some are highly endangered.
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- Aldabra tortoise. One of the world's largest land tortoises, Aldabra tortoises can reach sizes of up to 550 pounds and ages of up to 150 years old. They are native to Aldabra Island, one of the Seychelles northeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
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Horseshoe Crab The horseshoe crab is one of the oldest living species. Fossils of horseshoe crabs have been dated at 360 million years old. They evolved in the shallow seas of the Paleozoic Era (540-248 million years ago) with other primitive arthropods called trilobites, a long extinct close relative of the horseshoe crab.
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Download the Turtle Facts & Worksheets Read the fact file below for more information on this remarkable animal. 1  A group of turtles is called a bale. Historically, turtles have been the symbols of patience and wisdom. 2  Turtles have been alive for more than 200 million years. They have been alive longer than mammals, birds, crocodiles, snakes and lizards.
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The largest turtle in the world The largest turtle in the world. 15 August 2007. The leatherback turtle on display at National Museum Cardiff was washed ashore on Harlech beach, Gwynedd, in September 1988. Sadly, the turtle had drowned after being trapped by fishing lines. It was approximately 100 years old when it died.
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- the oldest living really species is the Earth is the Triops cancriformis also known as horseshoe shrimp.(not to be confused with horseshoe crabs).
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How Long Do Sea Turtles Live? Females come ashore and lay eggs, and the cycle begins again. Oldest Sea Turtle. Scientists have discovered fossils that show turtles have been roaming the oceans for at least 120 million years. And as of 2014, a sea turtle in captivity at the Guangzhou Aquarium in China is said to be the oldest at 400 years old. However, just as it 's hard to answer the question, how long does a sea turtle live, it is not possible to determine the age of the oldest found in the wild.
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Animal Symbolism: Turtle Meanings The oldest fossils of turtles are dated at over 200 million years old. This is highly symbolic. It indicates the turtle is a symbol of longevity, endurance, persistence, and the continuation of life (sometimes against incredible odds).
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Worldâs Oldest Known Living Land Creature Is Tortoise Named Jonathan It is explained that Jonathan, being the oldest of the five, is almost sightless from cataracts and does not have any sense of sense, yet he is able to hear very well. With him being the age of 182, that is an accomplishment in itself. Jonathan comes from the rare tortoise breed known as Seychelles Giants. His fellow tortoises come from the Aldabra Island, which is located in the Indian Ocean. Aldabra Giants are believed to be numbered around the 100,000 mark, but there only just one tiny breeding population left of the Seychelles tortoises.
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Atomic bomb fallout in turtle shells reveals their age Science and Technology. For the first time scientists are using carbon-14 dating of shell tissue to estimate age, growth, and maturity in sea turtles. The most basic questions of sea turtle life history are also the most elusive,says Kyle Van Houtan. (Credit: iStockphoto)
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Scientists discover world's oldest clam, killing it in the process Scientists discover world's oldest clam, killing it in the process. A team of researchers has reported that Ming the Mollusk, the oldest clam ever found, was in fact 507 years old, 102 years older than the previous estimate of its age.
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Oldest Clam Consternation Overblown Scientists didn't actually kill the world's oldest animal, a clam, just to find out how old it was. Shell valves from a specimen of Arctica islandica that was found to have lived for approximately 507 years are pictured here. The creature's death has generated some consternation about marine researchers that looks a bit overblown.
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Other Turtle Discussion :: At what age is a turtle an Adult Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:38 am At what age is a turtle an Adult Can anyone tell me at what age is a turtle considered to be fully grown? My RES is around 3 years old and about 12cm in length.
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Guinness Book of World Records: Oldest Rabbit! Guinness Book of World Records: Oldest Rabbit! George, a little black rabbit living in Tewksbury, MA, has been declared by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest living rabbit. George’s age, 14 years old, was verified by several witnesses and vets. Owners Joe and Amy Breton credit George for bringing them together in 1994.
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The robin's nest under my window - Part 2 Day fourteen since I discovered the robin's nest under my bedroom window. The oldest egg is 13 days old today. The mama robin used to fly away when she heard me at the window. Now, either she's getting used to me, or she wants to really stay close to her eggs, but she's hanging around until picture taking is over with.
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Painted Turtle The breeding season lasts from late spring to early summer. Males mature at about 70-95 mm plastron (lower shell) length, usually at 3-5 years of age. Females take longer (6-10 years) and are larger at maturity (c. 100-130 mm plastron length).
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- I have a wild eastern box turtle my cousins found in Georgia and they gave it to me. (i live in Florida) and it is about 13 to 16 years old and i am making a wooden turtle pen… that's going to go in my back screened porch. Its about 6 feet in length and 3 feet 41 inches width. Right now i am keeping him in a 99 court storage box and he seems to like that to, even though such little space is not enough.
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How Do You Determine the Age of a Box Turtle? Full Answer. Each year, a turtle’s plastron grows a new layer, resulting in the appearance of rings, much like a tree's rings, on the creature's shell. The older a turtle gets, the harder it is to use this method to determine his age due to wear and tear on bottom of his shell. This method is highly accurate for turtles younger than 10 years old. Once a turtle reaches 20, the rings are partially worn off.
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New roomies for oldest raccoon in captivity Merlin is 13 years, 10 months old, making him the oldest raccoon in any site licensed by the American Zoological Association, which includes hundreds of zoos, aquariums and wildlife centers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.