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Greeby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:51 AM Original message |
Harriet The Tortoise dies at 175 (possibly studied by Darwin) |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Heh. As a turtle? |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Low stress too, maybe she was onto something. |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. I dated Harriet 72 years ago, she was a great old totoise. |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. "Totoise" is the Brooklynese form of tortoise - right? :) |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. oops....Bugs Bunny pronounces it, "TOIT EL" |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. oh -- farewell harriet -- you will be missed. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. This is really sad. I'd heard about her illness and hoped she'd get |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. If she hadn't gotten sick, she may have become quite old. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes. 175 isn't particularly extreme for these tortoises. |
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