Adwaita, who died on Wednesday in Calcutta, was apparently 250 years old. That's old. Now the zoo wants to carbon date his shell. You know you've made it when they want to carbon date you. Adwaita apparently arrived at the zoo in 1875. Zoo officials say he was one of four tortoises brought to India by British sailors from the Seychelle islands as a gift for Lord Robert Clive of the East India Company. I won't really get into why the British were there, let's just say it wasn't for a holiday. But that sucks, poor little guy. I wonder if he knew he was old. Do animals really have a perception of time?
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Poor Little Guy
Adwaita, who died on Wednesday in Calcutta, was apparently 250 years old. That's old. Now the zoo wants to carbon date his shell. You know you've made it when they want to carbon date you. Adwaita apparently arrived at the zoo in 1875. Zoo officials say he was one of four tortoises brought to India by British sailors from the Seychelle islands as a gift for Lord Robert Clive of the East India Company. I won't really get into why the British were there, let's just say it wasn't for a holiday. But that sucks, poor little guy. I wonder if he knew he was old. Do animals really have a perception of time?
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