Why Do Giant Tortoises Live So Long? They're big, they've got armor, and they live on an island...................
By Daniel Engber
A 255-year-old giant tortoise named Adwaitya died at the Calcutta Zoo on Wednesday. The animal had been brought to India from the Seychelles Islands in the mid-18th century as a gift to the British colonial ruler Robert Clive. Why do giant tortoises live for such a long time?
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