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16 World and Press | May 1 2022 Jonathan the tortoise, 190, and his caretaker, Joe Hollins, 64, on St. Helena island. | Photo: Tina Lucy A tortoise is the world’s oldest living land animal Die nächste Ausgabe erscheint am 14. Mai 2022. ST. HELENA By Cathy Free 1 JONATHAN the tortoise has lived on one of the most remote islands in the world for 140 years. He has become somewhat of a media star recently, as he just got a lofty distinction: the oldest living land animal in the world. Jonathan is turning 190 this year. Well, that’s the best guess about the age of the 440-pound chelonian. “To be honest, I suspect he’s older, but we can never know,” said Joe Hollins, the veterinarian who cares for Jonathan on St. Helena island, a tiny volcanic British territory more than a thousand miles off the coast of Africa. 2 Jonathan has spent most of his life wandering (albeit slowly) with three other land tortoises around the grounds of the St. Helena governor’s residence, Plantation House. Jonathan is estimated to have hatched in 1832, according to a letter that mentions he arrived “fully grown” on St. Helena in 1882 from the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean, he said. “Fully grown” in turtle context meant at least 50 years, Hollins said. 3 A photo taken between 1882 and 1886 shows Jonathan grazing at Plantation House, where he’d been presented to the governor of St. Helena as a gift, according to Hollins. “It was quite traditional for (tortoises) to be used as diplomatic gifts around the world, if they weren’t eaten first,” he said, noting that they were harvested by ship crews because they were stackable and didn’t need food or water for days. 4 In addition to Jonathan, Hollins cares for the other tortoises who live on the ten-mile-long island. He also leads a team in looking after the island’s cats, dogs, cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, and pigs. But Jonathan, as the senior gentleman in the group, is special, he said. “I take great delight in looking after him,” said 0 – 2 TORTOISE“"tO…t´s‘; s.w.u. chelonian “kI"l´UnI´n‘ Schildkröte — lofty distinction hohe Auszeichnung — 440 pounds ca. 199,6 kg — British territory brit. Überseegebiet — albeit “O…l"bi…It‘ wenn auch — residence Amtssitz — to hatch schlüpfen 3 – 5 to graze grasen — to harvest fangen — to be stackable “"stœk´b´l‘ s. stapeln lassen — to take delight in s.th. an etw. Freude finden — to tend to s.th. s. um etw. kümmern — to endure fortdauern; h.: leben — longevity “lÅn"dZev´ti‘ Langlebigkeit — radiated tortoise “"reIdieItId‘ Strahlenschildkröte solution Hollins, noting that at age 64 he is 126 years younger than the rare Seychelles giant tortoise he has tended to for the past 13 years. … 5 It isn’t unusual for giant land tortoises to live up to 150 years, said Hollins, but Jonathan has endured longer than most people expected. The previous known longevity record was held by a radiated tortoise named Tu’i Malila, reportedly given to Tonga’s royal family in 1777. When Tu’i Malila died in 1965, she was about 188 years old, according to Guinness World Records. … © 2022 The Washington Post Englisch für die Kleinsten My first English book Animals ¤ 9,90 [D] ISBN 978-3-7961-1070-2 www.sprachzeitungen.de Kein Plan nach dem Abi? references (1) Gaffes and miscues mar ... The New York Times; 25.03.2022 (2) Is this the beginning … USA Today; 09.02.2022 (3) An old problem suddenly … The New York Times; 22.02.2022 (4) America seeks … The Times; 16.02.2022 Biden chooses Ketanji Brown … The New York Times; 25.02.2022 (5) Bitcoin miners revived … The Guardian; 18.02.2022 (6) Hopes raised for … The Guardian; 14.02.2022 Dickens code cracked … The Times; 07.02.2022 (7) Is the U.K. finally cracking … The Washington Post; 26.02.2022 (8) UK and New Zealand … The Guardian; 28.02.2022 STUTTGART 7. & 8. Mai Kostenlos registrieren horizon-messe.de/stuttgart EINTRITT FREI Doctors order a walk … The Times; 22.02.2022 (9) Fitting Ottawa’s convoy … The New York Times; 21.02.2022 (10) Johnson’s Germany … The Guardian; 23.02.2022 U.S. Soccer, USWNT members … The Washington Post; 22.02.2022 (11) Why this could be a critical … The New York Times; 08.02.2022 (12) ‘Belfast’ directed … The Times; 21.01.2022 (13) How the tiny home … Kaiser Health News; 08.02.2022 (14) U.K. scientists unearth 32-foot … The Washington Post; 10.01.2022 After mounting a comeback … The New York Times; 19.02.2022 (15) ‘Crown and Sceptre’ by … Tribune Content Agency; 09.02.2022 (16) A tortoise is the world’s … The Washington Post; 04.02.2022 Page 15 | Across 3 RESURGENCE • 5 BACKLOG • 7 AMMUNITION • 9 HESITATE • 13 SPECIMEN • 15 REINSTATE • 17 HUNCH • 18 LOCOMOTION • 19 CONFISCATE Down 1 DELICATE • 2 SUBJECT • 4 EXCAVATION • 6 GHASTLY • 8 INHERIT • 10 SPOUSE • 11 RECURRING • 12 UNEARTH • 13 SPENDTHRIFT • 14 RESERVOIR • 16 EDUCATE

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