Declaration Young'un

mood:amazed!

Yesterday I read this article about a tortoise in India who was believed to be 250 years old at the time of his death. Tortoises are believed to have the longest lifespan in the animal kingdom already, regularly living to be older than 100 years, but if this animal's age can be verified, he would earn a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. If, indeed, this critter is 250 years old, that would mean he was about 20 years old when the Declaration of Independence was signed!