Jonathan the Tortoise is still alive folks. It seems like mainstream outlets got duped by a fake X account.
Jonathan is 193 years old, which is amazing. My favourite photo of him is this one from 1886 when he was already 53–54 which blows my mind
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ssnplyo7c7itlco3yifho5ii/post/3mihqzsutuc2z
https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:evgc4ukadedre3gwsiwygkpz&cid=bafkreigeguivshtkvmp4rk55d2smrrzhtzkaw4zly7j3fvqeumxiuayjvm
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2026-04-01 23:46:10 UTC
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