The world’s oldest animal, Jonathan the 183-year-old giant tortoise, was slowing up in his old age but, with the help of a healthy new diet, he’s as sprightly as ever.
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Since 2005, Jonathan has been recognized as the world’s oldest living land animal.
He’s lived on the island of St. Helena since he was a plucky young 50-year-old.
When he started to lose his sight and sense of smell earlier this year, veterinarian Joe Hollins worried Jonathan had reached the end of his very long life.
Dr Hollins served up apples, cucumbers, lettuce, guava, and bananas after discovering Jonathan’s poor sight made it hard for him to find good food to eat.
Jonathan’s making a miraculous recovery and, according to Dr Hollins, there’s no reason why he shouldn’t live to 200 or even older.
Even though he’s too old to breed (lady tortoises would raise his blood pressure dangerously high), Jonathan is still living life to the full and enjoying daily mud baths.
Age is just a number, right?