Saturday, June 24, 2006

R.I.P. Harriet

From MSNBC:
SYDNEY, Australia - A 176-year-old tortoise believed to be one of the world’s oldest living creatures has died in an Australian zoo.

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.”
She was also smarter than the Australian Prime Minister and his entire Cabinet, plus she remembered Charles Darwin as a "party animal."
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3 comments:

  1. Kevin7:56 PM

    And she made a lovely soup.

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  2. The Turtle's Back4:47 AM

    That would be MOCK TURTLE soup, yes?

    Smarter than the cabinet would not be hard - more beautiful too! :)

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  3. Anonymous1:20 PM

    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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