Jay and Ericka, both veterinarians, met two decades ago while making a survey for wild tortoises. This was also the reason why their ring bearer on their wedding day was their 20-year-old sulcata pet tortoise named Tom Shelleck. The couple said their vows last year at Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens […]
The Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan turned 190 years in 2022. Amazing, isn’t it?! He’s already the oldest living land animal and the recent milestone is also another Guinness World Record for him. He became the oldest chelonian ever; this category includes tortoises, turtles, and terrapins. This supercentenarian is living […]
Without doubt, it’s a peculiar sight to watch the oldest tortoise in the world named Jonathan stretch his neck and limbs out of his shell while enjoying the sunrays in the Saint Helena territory in the South Atlantic. And, some may even think the creature may be dying, considering his […]
In the WFFT Rescue Center in Thailand resides Leonardo, the African spurred turtle that was rescued from a ZOO in Bangkok in 2013. In the sanctuary, a little calf named Simon came this January after being seriously injured in the legs. The poor calf was with its mother when it […]
If you know anything about tortoises is probably the fact that they’re one of the most resilient animals on the Earth (besides being cute and sweet!). They’re ideally adapted for life in nature that other animals would probably find inhospitable. For one tenacious pet tortoise, survival and endurance went a […]