SciShow Tangents - Teaser: Turtles Cut For Time Question

Episode Date: June 5, 2024

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For our listeners on Patreon, we're answering a bonus science couch question. Sam, what is our second question? At angry face 01 on YouTube asks, do turtles really live more than a hundred years? Some do, right? Yeah, some definitely. Yes. Like especially, so we've established that tortoises are turtles. Tortoises I think can live more than maybe any land animal.

Are they the top living land animal? The big boys? The record holder. The record holder is a guy named Jonathan hatched in 1832. And my man Jonathan is still alive. He's still making? Yeah. We don't even know how long turtles can go for. We don't know, cause he's still alive. He's still making? Yeah. We don't even know how long turtles can go for.

We don't know, cause he's still alive. He's estimated to be a 191 or two as of 2024. He's the oldest living land animal. They didn't mark down the day, just the year. Just the year, yeah, I guess. I don't know whether they captured him after birth or not. Jonathan is quite old, Lonesome George, another famous old guy. He was born around 1910 or so and unfortunately died in 2012. He was the one

in the lot of those stories. Okay, so they can die. Yes, they can in fact die. Turtles are not immortal. And was a Pinta Island tortoise. And so he was the one where they were like advertising, like, let's find George or mate. Let's see if he can find the ladies, because he was the last one of his species. His species was declared extinct while he was still alive and in captivity.

And then they didn't do it. So it's really a huge shame that he was not immortal. Yeah. See what we saw a turtle go extinct. My favorite turtle that is old, that is I found on Wikipedia, is named Timothy. They just got names. Well, some george is great, but the others are named John and Tim. When you get right down to it, his name is just George, too.

Yeah, I guess you're right. George, Tim, John. Tim was When you get right down to it, his name is just George too. Yeah, I guess you're right. George, Tim, John. Tim was born in around 18. Wow, what a cliffhanger. Hi, Tangents listeners, Sam here. The fascinating conversation that you just heard is just the beginning of a super special extra cool bonus. You can listen to the rest

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