SYDNEY, Australia - A 176-year-old tortoise believed to be one of the world’s oldest living creatures has died in an Australian zoo.She was also smarter than the Australian Prime Minister and his entire Cabinet, plus she remembered Charles Darwin as a "party animal."
The giant tortoise, known as Harriet, died at the Queensland-based Australia Zoo owned by “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin and his wife Terri. Irwin said he considered Harriet a member of the family.
“Harriet has been a huge chunk of the Irwin family’s life,” Irwin said Saturday. “She is possibly one of the oldest living creatures on the planet and her passing today is not only a great loss for the world but a very sad day for my family. She was a grand old lady.”
Saturday, June 24, 2006
R.I.P. Harriet
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And she made a lovely soup.
That would be MOCK TURTLE soup, yes?
Smarter than the cabinet would not be hard - more beautiful too! :)
She was DEFINATELY smarter than the Prime Minister and his Cabinet.
I live here, I have first hand experience...........
(No, I don't know Steve Irwin, and I don't want to......)
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