Jonathan, a giant tortoise living on the island of Saint Helena, is officially recognized as the oldest known living land animal on Earth, with a life spanning nearly two centuries. Jonathan hatched around 1832, making him over 190 years old He is a Seychelles giant tortoise Lives on Saint Helena, a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean Has lived through two world wars, dozens of governments, and massive technological change Arrived on the island in 1882 as a gift to the British governor Des
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Jonathan, a giant tortoise living on the island of Saint Helena, is officially recognized as the oldest known living land animal on Earth, with a life spanning nearly two centuries. Jonathan hatched around 1832, making him over 190 years old He is a Seychelles giant tortoise Lives on Saint Helena, a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean Has lived through two world wars, dozens of governments, and massive technological change Arrived on the island in 1882 as a gift to the British governor Des
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