The longest-lived terrestrial creature is the Seychelles giant tortoise Jonathan, which is 189 years old this year, and the Seychelles giant tortoise belongs to a subspecies of the genus Adabra tortoise, and the adult Seychelles giant tortoise carapace can reach 1.3 meters or even larger and weigh 300 kilograms.
Compared with the Yadabra tortoise, the dorsal carapace is wider, but also more slender, the overall is larger than the yada, the dorsal carapace is not round, but like an olive nucleus-like shape, the end is very pointed, the leaves are the same, and not like the Yada dorsal carapace is high and raised, the Seychelles dorsal carapace is relatively low, which is why it is divided into independent subspecies.
The Seychelles giant turtle mainly inhabits the Seychelles archipelago and is currently extinct in the wild, with only captive individuals surviving.
Because of the scarcity of the number, coupled with the long standby life, Jonathan has also become a national treasure of the United Kingdom, and has also been received by the royal family, about it, there is a nationally famous interesting story, today we will talk about it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Jonathan's no-aftermath</h1>
The Seychelles giant tortoise is big, slow, friendly and almost not afraid of people. When European sailors landed in the Seychelles Archipelago, the fate of the Seychelles giant turtle changed, for these navigators the islands were food ports, after the ship dropped anchor, they wanted to replenish food, at first they used salt to marinate the flesh of the Seychelles giant turtle to eat, but they soon became the phenomenon that the turtle could live for several months without eating, so the tortoise became their fresh meat source.
Slaughtered by European sailors, the Seychelles giant tortoise in the Seychelles archipelago became extinct in the 19th century. Jonathan was taken to St. Helena in 1882, which is a British overseas territory, and Jonathan thus became the pet of the Governor of St. Helena, which was filmed in 1882, and it can be seen that Jonathan's body had fully grown up at that time, and the Seychelles giant tortoise would take 50 years to grow into adulthood, which is why scientists will calculate that Jonathan was born in 1832.
After becoming the Governor's pet, Jonathan avoided the fate of being eaten, and became a mascot, his daily life is to eat and sleep and be ridden by men, eat and sleep to be ridden by women, eat and sleep and be trampled...
Over the course of time, Jonathan sent away nine governors and seven monarchs on the British throne, and the Seychelles giant turtle could live to 250 years, and jonathan was estimated to be able to survive a few more.
During this time, Jonathan was arranged and got a female turtle, but the female turtle fell to her death because she climbed to the edge of the cliff to lay eggs...
In 1991, the Governor-General saw it alone, coupled with the Seychelles giant tortoise as an extinct creature in the wild, scientists made an effort to restore the wild population through artificial breeding, so they gave Jonathan a spouse, the spouse's name is "Frederica".
The old man and young wife began a life of cohabitation without shame, and Jonathan and his spouse liked to do almost everything together: sleeping, eating and frequent hehehehehehe
However, Jonathan worked hard for 26 years and still had no offspring, not to know, the failure of the world-famous Galapagos turtle George to produce offspring, which led to it becoming a symbol of the disappearance of the species, and after George's death, the subspecies declared extinct.
Jonathan wanted to follow in George's footsteps, which upset the islanders, who sent a veterinarian to check, but the results of the examination found that Jonathan was very healthy, and the veterinarian found that the problem appeared in "Frederica" because it was not a female turtle, but a male turtle.
Male and female are really difficult to distinguish, because the reproductive system of the turtle is wrapped in the body, their appearance is the same, ordinary humans if you want to distinguish their sex, can only rely on the reproductive posture, because the male turtle mating to avoid slipping off the female shell, the male turtle usually has a concave dent in the lower part of its shell, called "plastron", so the above are generally male turtles.
However, Frederica's shell has a slight deformity, which affects the determination of sex. That's why Jonathan hasn't had a back in 26 years.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Jonathan's current situation</h1>
Jonathan is 189 years old, he has lost his sight and smell, but he also has a good sense of hearing, and food has become vegetables and fruits, carrots, cucumbers and bananas are all his favorite foods.
Jonathan is still energetic, and at the age of 185, the islanders gave a 49-year-old girlfriend named Emily, and Jonathan gladly accepted that it was not very sensitive to gender, in addition, its official partner was Frederica, probably two people have been together for 30 years, and it is not good for everyone to break them up again.
Jonathan's favorite thing to do at the moment, besides hehes Emily and Frederica, is to sunbathe, and on mild days, he likes to fully extend his long neck and legs from the shell and then stand still to let his body absorb heat, and at first, the islanders thought Jonathan was dead.
Although he was only 189 years old, the inhabitants of St. Helena had already made advance plans for Jonathan's aftermath, and the islanders decided that after Jonathan's unfortunate return to heaven, they would not make him into taxidermy because it was outdated. Residents will keep Jonathan's tortoise shell on display on the island, and will also create a life-size bronze statue like Jonathan.