# Harriet the tortoise is dead

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-the-tortoise-is-dead/361984>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 24, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-the-tortoise-is-dead/361984 "2006-06-24T15:07:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-the-tortoise-is-dead/361984/1 "2006-06-24T15:07:32Z")

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Harriet, the elephant tortoise that Darwin brought with him from the Galapagos islands and ended up living with Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin, has finally moved on to the Great Beyond. She was the oldest known living animal when she died.

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-the-tortoise-is-dead/361984/2 "2006-06-24T15:11:05Z")

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[Another](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=376955) thread from this forum might interest you. 😉

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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-the-tortoise-is-dead/361984/3 "2006-06-24T15:54:26Z")

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Damnit! My search skills are sorely lacking today.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-the-tortoise-is-dead/361984/4 "2006-06-24T16:18:29Z")

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It’s unfortunate, too. She was going to do a guest shot on _The Osbournes_ – guess what they planned to name the episode. 😃

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-the-tortoise-is-dead/361984/5 "2006-06-25T04:36:42Z")

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Ozzie and… No way! Boo!

That’s sad about Harriet. I had hoped she would outlive me. At my age, there was some comfort in the thought.