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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by tangerine-jack</i> <br /><br />Only 176 years old? Slacker. She could have made it to 180. <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br /><i>Oldest Chelonian <br />A Madagascar radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) presented to the Tongan royal family by the British explorer Captain Cook in either 1773 or 1777 lived to the age of at least 188. It died in 1965. The animal was called Tui Malila.</i> <br /> <br />If she could have lasted another 12 years and one day - she could have held a record! <br /> <br />That is just slack! <br /> <br />Mind you, living with Steve Irwin, I wouldn't be surprised if she found her digoxin tablets and took a few extra! <br /> <br />Be enough to drive anyone over the edge.
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