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    andros_rex@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months ago

    This gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual”

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    This gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual”

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    andros_rex@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months ago
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      The photo is from 1947, not 1886, according to my hasty googling.

      The tortoise is from ~1832 and still alive and would’ve been around 50 in 1886.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_(tortoise)

      Edit Here’s a photo of him from 1886 the earlier poster prolly confused this photo with the 1947 photo for some reason.

      Edit 2 and looking at these tortoises there was one alive until 2006 who was estimated (but not confirmed) to be from ~1750. That’s crazy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adwaita

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        I got a link for the wrong picture, that is indeed the one I meant to post.

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