It failed. The giant tortoise Jonathan, the oldest living land animal, was at least 50 years old when he was brought to St. Helena from the Seychelles in 1882. The writers of this article ...

However, when Jonathan was around 50 years old, he was brought to the tropical island of St. Helena with three other ...

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Giant tortoises live even longer, regularly surpassing 100 years. A tortoise named Jonathan living on St. Helena Island is believed to be nearly 200 years old. A tortoise’s shell not only ...

He has met several royals, including Queen Elizabeth II, who visited St Helena in 1947, and Prince Edward, who made the trip in January. “Jonathan is an enigmatic tortoise,” says Teeny Lucy ...

St Helena is the UK’s second oldest Overseas ... the Duke was also received by the island’s oldest resident, 192-year-old Jonathan the tortoise.