AGED TORTOISE'S DEATH
The London Zoo's oldest animal— Sopa, the -150-year -old- giant tortoisehas died, a victim of influenza (states the "Daily Telegraph"). This three-hundred-weight mo nster reptile had been ill for some wee] :s. Recently she appeared to be on the way towards recovery, but pneumonia developed, and has now claimed her at her prime. The animal was a n/ative of Galapagos Islands, off the coast of South America. According to Lord Eothschild, an authority, giant tortoises may attain an age of 300 year s. A giant Aldabra tortoise, which wi as recently alive on the island of St. Helena, was befriended by a no less d istinguished co-exile than Napoleon. Id sp it e of her death, Sopa will still be v source of interest, since she is to be snuffed and mounted for exhibition purp oses in the galleries of the Natural Hist ory Museum at South Kensington.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 66, 20 March 1933, Page 10
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173AGED TORTOISE'S DEATH Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 66, 20 March 1933, Page 10
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