Jonathan the turtle was a young hatchling in the year 1832. At that time, the world was a radically different place; neither the lighting nor automobiles had been created. The Seychelles gigantic tortoise Jonathan, though, lived to witness it all. He is now the oldest animal known to exist, and he has lived on the isolated South Atlantic island of St. Helena since the late … [Read more...] about The oldest animal on the planet, Jonathan, is about 189 years old