November 16, 2005
Oldest Turtle on Earth Turns 175 !
Filed under: Weird & Amazing
Harriet the Giant Galapagos Land Turtle celebrated her 175th birthday yesterday at an Australia Zoo. Harriet was collected by Charles Darwin in the year 1835, and is recorded as the worlds oldest living animal.
Wouldn't it be great to see her live, and maybe ride on her back !?
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Sat 16 Jun, 2007 03:39 pm
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Sat 16 Jun, 2007 03:54 pm
Ghost Rock
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Sat 16 Jun, 2007 05:02 pm
The rock of Gibraltar.
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Sat 16 Jun, 2007 08:14 pm
a view of "THE ROCK" , aka the province of NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
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Sun 17 Jun, 2007 10:12 am
The Rock
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Sun 17 Jun, 2007 10:24 am
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Sun 17 Jun, 2007 10:55 am
Do tell, Raggedy.
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Sun 17 Jun, 2007 11:49 am
sir martin FROBISHER , 1539-1594 , english privateer , one of the first explorers looking for arctic east-west passage .
brought GOLD back from his expedition ; only to find out it was FOOL'S GOLD (pyrite) and almost ended up in jail !
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Sun 17 Jun, 2007 05:04 pm
Abel Tasman, the greatest of Dutch navigators, the discoverer of Tasmania, New Zealand, the Tonga and the Fiji Islands, and the first circumnavigator of Australia, was born at Lutjegast in Groningen, about 1603.
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Sun 17 Jun, 2007 06:52 pm
plaque in groningen commemorating abel tasman
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Sun 17 Jun, 2007 07:32 pm
Tasman Memorial - Nelson - New Zealand
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Sun 17 Jun, 2007 07:47 pm
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This monument to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's first voyage to Canada is located at Main Street West and Harriet Street.
The inscription reads: "Jacques Cartier - 1534-1934 - Érigé par le Cercle Canadien-Français et la Fédération des Femmes Canadiennes-Franéais - North Bay, Ont."
The inscription translates to: "Jacques Cartier - 1534-1934 - Erected by the French-Canadian Circle and the Federation of French-Canadian Women - North Bay, Ont."