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MIDLAND: Clive's tortoise dies aged 250(The Birmingham Post Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)A giant tortoise that was the pet of Shropshire-born military officer Clive of India has died after living to be more than 250 years old. The aldabra tortoise called Addwaitya died in Kolkata zoo of liver failure. "Historical records show he was a pet of British general Robert Clive of the East India Company and had spent several years in his sprawling estate before he was brought to the zoo about 130 years ago," West Bengal Forest Minister Jogesh Barman said. He said details about Addwaitya's early life showed that British sailors had brought him from the Seychelles islands and presented him to Clive. "We have documents to prove that he was more than 150 years old, but we have pieced together other evidence that he is more than 250 years old," he [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |