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Harriet (formerly Harry; – 23 June 2006) was a Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis niger, specifically a western Santa Cruz tortoise C. n. porteri) who had an estimated age of 175 years at the time of her death in Australia.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: Adwaita, Anna Crichton, Australia Zoo, Beerwah, Queensland, Charles Darwin, City Botanic Gardens, Floreana Island, Galápagos Islands, Galápagos tortoise, Harry Oakman, HMS Beagle, Honolulu Zoo, John Clements Wickham, Jonathan (tortoise), Julia Golding, List of longest-living organisms, Mareeba, NBC News, Newstead House, Brisbane, Queensland Museum, Robert FitzRoy, San Cristóbal Island, Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos), Santiago Island (Galápagos), Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live season 49, Second voyage of HMS Beagle, Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Tom, Dick and Harry, Tu'i Malila, Western Santa Cruz tortoise.

  2. 1830 animal births
  3. 2006 animal deaths
  4. Individual tortoises

Adwaita

Adwaita (from, meaning "one and only" in Sanskrit) (– 22 March 2006), also spelled Addwaita, was a male Aldabra giant tortoise that lived in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata, India. Harriet (tortoise) and Adwaita are 2006 animal deaths and individual tortoises.

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Anna Crichton

Anna Crichton (born 1957) is a New Zealand illustrator, cartoonist and ceramicist.

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Australia Zoo

Australia Zoo is a zoo in the Australian state of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast near Beerwah/Glass House Mountains.

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Beerwah, Queensland

Beerwah is a rural town and locality in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.

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City Botanic Gardens

The City Botanic Gardens (formerly the Brisbane Botanic Gardens) is a heritage-listed botanic garden on Alice Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Floreana Island

Floreana Island (Isla Floreana) is a southern island in Ecuador's Galápagos Archipelago.

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Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands (Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator west of the mainland of South America.

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Galápagos tortoise

The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (which also contains three smaller species from mainland South America).

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Harry Oakman

Henry Octave Cyril Vereecke (4 April 1906 – 16 June 2002), better known as Harry Oakman, was one of Australia's foremost gardening authorities and a pioneer of Australian architectural landscaping.

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HMS Beagle

HMS Beagle was a 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class.

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Honolulu Zoo

The Honolulu Zoo is a zoo in Queen Kapiʻolani Park in Honolulu, Hawaiokinai.

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John Clements Wickham

John Clements Wickham (21 November 17986 January 1864) was a Scottish explorer, naval officer, magistrate and administrator. Harriet (tortoise) and John Clements Wickham are pre-Separation Queensland.

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Jonathan (tortoise)

Jonathan (hatched) is a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea). Harriet (tortoise) and Jonathan (tortoise) are individual tortoises.

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Julia Golding

Julia Golding (born 1969), pen names Joss Stirling and Eve Edwards, is a British novelist best known for her Cat Royal series and The Companions Quartet.

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List of longest-living organisms

This is a list of the longest-living biological organisms: the individual(s) (or in some instances, clones) of a species with the longest natural maximum life spans.

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Mareeba

Mareeba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba in Far North Queensland, Australia.

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NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.

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Newstead House, Brisbane

Newstead House is Brisbane's oldest surviving residence and is located on the Breakfast Creek bank of the Brisbane River, in the northern Brisbane suburb of Newstead, in Queensland, Australia. Harriet (tortoise) and Newstead House, Brisbane are pre-Separation Queensland.

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Queensland Museum

The Queensland Museum Kurilpa is the state museum of Queensland, dedicated to natural history, cultural heritage, science and human achievement.

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Robert FitzRoy

Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist.

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San Cristóbal Island

San Cristóbal Island (Isla San Cristóbal), also known as Chatham Island, is the easternmost island in the Galápagos archipelago, as well as one of the oldest geologically.

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Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos)

Santa Cruz Island (Isla Santa Cruz), also known as Indefatigable Island and by other names, is the most populous and second-largest island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.

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Santiago Island (Galápagos)

Santiago Island is one of the Galápagos Islands.

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and streams on Peacock.

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Saturday Night Live season 49

The forty-ninth season of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on October 14, 2023, during the 2023–24 television season, with host Pete Davidson and musical guest Ice Spice, and concluded on May 18, 2024 with host Jake Gyllenhaal and musical guest Sabrina Carpenter.

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Second voyage of HMS Beagle

The second voyage of HMS Beagle, from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836, was the second survey expedition of HMS ''Beagle'', made under her newest commander, Robert FitzRoy.

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Steve Irwin

Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 19624 September 2006), known as "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife educator, and environmentalist.

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Terri Irwin

Terri Raines Irwin (née Raines, born July 20, 1964) is an American-Australian conservationist, television personality, author and zookeeper who is the owner of Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland.

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Tom, Dick and Harry

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Tu'i Malila

Tu'i Malila (1777 – 16 May 1966) was a tortoise that Captain James Cook was traditionally said to have given to the royal family of Tonga. Harriet (tortoise) and Tu'i Malila are individual tortoises.

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Western Santa Cruz tortoise

The western Santa Cruz tortoise (Chelonoidis niger porteri) is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise endemic to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos.

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See also

1830 animal births

2006 animal deaths

Individual tortoises

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_(tortoise)

Also known as Darwin's tortoise, Harriet (turtle), Harriet the Tortoise.