The world’s oldest living land animal on record, a tortoise named Jonathan who resides on St. Helena island, is celebrating his 190th birthday and has gained a new world record title.
“His official record title is oldest chelonian, a category which encompasses all turtles, terrapins, and tortoises,” Guinness World Records shared on Facebook.
Jonathan (left) 1882-86, on the grounds of Plantation House, St Helena. (Public Domain)
Jonathan is believed to have been born in 1832. Photos that were taken between 1882 and 1886 at Plantation House, the residence of the Governor of St. Helena where Jonathan has spent most of his life, show a fully grown Jonathan happily grazing on the grass beside another tortoise….