harriet, the 176 yo old tortoise who, until yesterday, resided at CRIKEY australia zoo, has died.
she was collected as a sample from the galapagos islands by charles darwin in 1835.
i met her in january this year. she was a quiet type. kept to herself mostly and had a penchant for hibiscus flowers.
harriet died peacefully in her enclosure on friday june 23, 2006 of heart failure following a short illness.
vale harriet
awww, thats really sad.
poor harriet.
R.I.P. Harriet
1835 - 2006
at australia zoo?
wasn't she originally in melbs? poor old biddy.. i pet her once.
nah she never lived in melbs...
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
176... not a bad innings
let's not be sad, let's celebrate her wonderful life in captivity.
RIP HARRIET
it was great to have met you and patted you on the head
It would have been sweet if Darwin had trained her to go around biting christian funamentalists. Really give them something to whine about.
that sucks. i remember meeting her as a wee lad.
why did they name her such a daggy name
if i had a turtle i'd call it BLAZE
it was named in 1835
for the first 90 years of her life everyone thought she was male and her name was harry.
then they realised she was female and she became harriet.
from wiki:
"Though Darwin caught three tortoises and took them home to Britain aboard the HMS Beagle, genetic tests indicate that Harriet belonged to a sub-species endemic to one of the Galápagos Islands that Darwin never visited."
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Ahhh. Animals. Who doesn't like turles and tortoisei?
Yes. I'm aware that tortoises is the 'offical' plural. I prerer toroisei.
P.S. Fuck you.
YUM HIBISCUS
I can't believe something that could've been captured by Darwin was still with us until yesterday- freaky!
how good are turtles?!?!? (and tortoises in this case)
no, seriously- how good are they!
I like goldfoot's pic of the kid being fed to her.
Apparently at one stage she used to roam freely around the Brisbane botanical gardens where kids would ride on her back.
That'd be cool! Imagine going out for the night and going for a ride whilst pissed before you went home. Perfect way to end a good night I'd say.
Goldfoot just ruined it for me, i thought it would be cool to know an animal that new Darwin anyway.
Yeah that would be cool- modi would've stolen it by now though! ;)
that's bullshit.
darwin picked up three tortoises and harriet was one of them.
I think i would have rather hung out with Wallace than Darwin anyway, he always seemed a bit pompous for my tastes.
I would've rather hung out with Harriet- not to be I guess.
Yeah, and he recanted on his deathbed. Wuss.
So did Bill Hicks. I thought Darwin was religious anyway?
Hey modi- $50 says Dawkins does a deaths door swithcharoo; you a gambling man? ;)
I'll take that bet. He was best mates with Douglas Adams, you know, the world's first radical atheist. I don't think he will throw in his defiance because of a little thing like death. I sure as fuck won't.
I'm pretty sure that neither Darwin nor Bill Hicks recanted on their deathbeds.
Yeah, That evangelist woman was a blatant liar. But it was her job, to be fair.
Which woman?
Lady Hope. The bible basher who spread the story that Darwin had doubts about his theory.
Doesn't actually make any difference, the theory still stands whether or not it's author stands behind it
Look up 'Ad hominem' Lady Hope.
CRIKEY !!
steve irwin is crying on the today show over harriet.
awwwww
I only JUST heard about this :(
What about Steve Irwin luci...
...you heard what happened?!
:P