Happy 175th Birthday Harriet!!! - [Harriet died]

[Ivan Seeking]

CANBERRA (Reuters) - One of the world's oldest living animals, Harriet the tortoise, celebrated her 175th birthday on Tuesday -- with a pink hibiscus flower cake at her retirement home in northern Australia.

Australia Zoo, where Harriet has spent the past 17 years, says the Giant Galapagos Land Tortoise was collected by scientist Charles Darwin in 1835, although some historians have disputed this.[continued]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051115/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_australia_tortoise_1
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Harriet!!!!!!
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[Evo]

Happy Birthday Harriet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ranger]

WOw:surprised. Happy Birthday I guess..... I learn something weird every day :biggrin:

[Moonbear]

LOL! I saw this thread and was wondering who the heck Harriet was...it didn't seem like a familiar member name, and I didn't see anyone on the birthday list with that name. :rofl: It's a turtle! I'm sure Artman, Danger, Huck, and DocToxyn will be celebrating by offering a free turtle wax.

[Ivan Seeking]

Maybe I should modify the title just a bit less poor Harriet will miss the fame she's due. :biggrin:

[tribdog]

you know what I've noticed about hibiscus flowers, actually all flowers, they never taste as good as they look

[Ivan Seeking]

Harriet, World's Oldest Known Animal, Dies

Created:6/23/2006 5:26:05 PM
Last Updated:6/23/2006 6:48:43 PM

Harriet the turtle, the oldest known animal in the world, has died at the age of 175 in Australia.

Harriet the turtle had been the star attraction at the Australia Zoo. "She had a very fairly acute heart attack and thankfully passed away quietly overnight," Dr. John Hangar of the Australia Zoo said Friday. [continued]
http://wusa9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=50354

[Astronuc]

RIP Harriet! :frown:

I hope you had a great 175 years! :cool: :smile:

[mattmns]

Sad to see such a great animal go :cry:

[Ivan Seeking]

They say she didn't look a day over 150.

[scott1]

Harriet did not die for natuarl causes as the offical report said. The report says that he died form an "acute" heart attack like the want to belevie that's just what they wanted to belevie when that guy died from a "massive heart attack" but obviouly didn't. So what's the turth? Harriet was assainated by a covert cell gourp of Creationist so they could use his death as propaganda method against the darwinsit.

[JamesU]

We all knwo that harriet sacrificed herself to honor the great Xenu :rolleyes:

[zoobyshoe]

They say she didn't look a day over 150.
They say she knew Charles Darwin. What will come out when her Secret Diaries are discovered and released?

[arunbg]

Maybe she didn't die at all, she just evolved into another dimension .
Sad all the same :(

[arildno]

Rest in peace harriet