Compared with marine life, the longest-lived existence of terrestrial life is estimated to belong to the turtle, and the longest-lived animal on the earth's land is the Seychelles giant turtle "Jonathan", which is currently 188 years old and has lived from the Daoguang period to the present.
The Seychelles giant tortoise is a subspecies of the Abrada tortoise, and the most well-known species is estimated to be Advita, who lived from Qianlong for 15 years to 2006.
The body color of the Seychelles giant tortoise is mainly light brown beige, the abdominal carapace is particularly obvious, the fourth vertebral shield will have a very obvious decline, while the fifth vertebral shield and tail shield are integrally adducted, wrapping the entire tail in, and the adult Seychelles giant tortoise carapace can reach 1.3 meters or even larger, weighing 300 kg.
Although they belong to the tortoise family, they have relatively strong swimming ability, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are definitely the first swimmers in the tortoise family. And when in the water, the Aldabra tortoise will change its clumsy appearance and become much more flexible.
Wild individuals are extinct, and only captive individuals survive because of the rarity, and this is the first internationally protected tortoise, a CITESII conservation class, and the world's largest and longest-lived terrestrial animal.
It was born around 1832, the 12th year of Daoguang, when black slavery had not yet been lifted, and the island where it lived was used as a fugitive area for black traders, and a large number of Seychellois giant turtles like it were preyed upon, but it was very good at hiding, and after 50 years of hiding, it was caught.
However, in 1882, it was unfortunately captured, and then sent to St. Helena as a pet, giving it to the governor Hudson Janisch as a pet, which also allowed it to avoid the fate of being eaten, and became a mascot, its daily life was to eat and sleep and be ridden by men, eat and sleep to be ridden by women, eat and sleep to be trampled...
Two adult men standing on the backs of the Seychellois giant turtle are actually easy for them, their strength is actually very strong, and two adult men standing on their back armor will hardly affect their actions.
In addition, the Seychelles giant tortoise is very active, crawling an average of about ten miles a day, and with its slow speed of action, it is almost a marathon.
Although it seemed to be undignified, at least it was served with good food and drink, and jonathan watched the people who rode it into the grave and lived until now.
During this period, it was even arranged and got a female turtle, but this female turtle fell to her death because she climbed to the edge of the cliff to lay eggs...
Jonathan, who is accustomed to his wife's hot kiln, can bear it, and his personality becomes very grumpy, wreaking havoc in the Governor's Manor, pushing down the benches on the lawn, doing things on the court, and preventing people from playing croquet games.
Later, a giant turtle named "Frederica" became its companion, although it was already a hundred years old, the two turtles were dozens of years apart, but the two turtles were very loving, Jonathan insisted on mating once a week, the two people were inseparable for 26 years, but 26 years were not pregnant once, which made the islanders very strange, because the reproductive ability of the giant turtle is relatively strong, the female turtle can lay more than twenty turtle eggs at most, it is impossible to work hard for 26 years or find nothing!
Frederica
The islanders sent veterinarians to examine it, and it was discovered that the "Frederica" was not a female turtle, but a male turtle.
The reason why this situation occurs is because their 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 they want to distinguish their sex, can only rely on mating posture, because the turtle mating to avoid slipping from the female turtle shell, so the male turtle's abdominal carapace is slightly concave, just can be stuck in the female turtle protruding back shell, so the above is generally male turtle.
But which cheng thought, "Frederica" so cooperative with Jonathan, that is, Jonathan came out publicly for 26 years, which made the islanders very embarrassed... But Jonathan didn't care so much, still insisting on weekly mating activities, and the nearly 200-year-old was so energetic that it was really admirable.
Because he was too able to survive and died many governors, Jonathan was received by the royal family and became a national treasure of the British St. Helena people, which was printed on a coin.
Take a shower before meeting the royal family
At present, Jonathan has been blind because of cataracts, he has no sense of taste, but his hearing is OK, and now Jonathan mainly feeds on vegetables and fruits, bananas, cabbage, carrots are his favorite foods. The Seychelles giant tortoise is said to live to be 250 years old, and it seems that Jonathan can survive a few more governors.
The islanders decided that Jonathan would not be made into taxidermy after his unfortunate return to heaven, because that practice 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.