Tortoise’s Life-Span
„ Tortoises are the longest-lived of all animals. Some live for 150 years, but reports of 300-year-old veterans are quite untrue. The age of a tortoise can be calculated like that of a tree, by counting the annual rings. The shell of a tortoise is made up of ribs and backbone and is covered with horny plates. These plates, like the scales of fish and the wood of trees, grow more rapidly in the summer than in the winter and are clearly marked by a series of “rings” corresponding to the age of the animal.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 96, 7 November 1947, Page 8
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96Tortoise’s Life-Span Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 96, 7 November 1947, Page 8
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