It’s incredible to envision all the changes which have taken place over the last two hundred years. But imagine actually living through them. Read more Section: News Weird Facts Read Later Source Views: 0
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190-Year-Old Jonathan the Tortoise is the Oldest Living Land Animal in the World
A 2000-Year-Old Pregnant Tortoise Found at Pompeii
A 5.5-inch-long pregnant Hermann’s tortoise was another casualty at Pompeii, but this time it was a different kind of natural disaster that caused death. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later Source Views: 0
Southern California Tortoise with Cracked Shell Gets $4,000 Repair
A wayward tortoise that cracked its shell after falling off a 10-foot wall in San Diego is recovering after veterinarians used screws, zip ties and denture material to make repairs. San Diego County Animal Services Director Dan DeSousa says the 90-pound male African spurred tortoise probably was a pet that got loose from a yard. […]
Obama has washed his hands of Palestine and is walking away from it
Alan Hart writes: In his major speech at Cairo University on 4 June 2009 which he labelled as marking “a new beginning” in the relationship between the Islamic world and the West, President Obama described the. Palestinian situation as “intolerable”. And he put flesh on that bone by saying, “They endure the daily humiliations, large […]