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Yavin4

(35,446 posts) Wed Apr 24, 2024, 09:20 PM Apr 24

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The face of a 191 year old tortoise, the oldest known living land animal.

No, it's not Mitch McConnell.

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The face of a 191 year old tortoise, the oldest known living land animal. (Original Post) Yavin4 Apr 24 OP

1833 underpants Apr 24 #1

During Andrew Jackson's term. Sneederbunk Apr 25 #32

No....thats me before coffee.... Karadeniz Apr 24 #2

I hope I look that good at 100! Onthefly Apr 24 #3

He's Faux pas Apr 24 #4

Wait, are you SURE that's not mcconnell??? Think. Again. Apr 24 #5

Much too pretty to be him..... n/t lastlib Apr 24 #10

the tortoise has moral integrity DBoon Apr 24 #23

Ah, yes. I see it now. Think. Again. Apr 25 #35

So cute! SarahD Apr 24 #6

What a face! AmBlue Apr 24 #7

The resemblance is uncanny. Demobrat Apr 24 #8

I know! Could've fooled me Deuxcents Apr 24 #9

Yes, I thought it was Moscow Mitch's fraternal twin Dan Apr 24 #15

Why would you say such a cruel thing about this magnificent tortoise? Orrex Apr 24 #16

He's seen things. Xavier Breath Apr 24 #11

When asked his secret for living such a long life Frasier Balzov Apr 24 #12

Amazing face! if..fish..had..wings Apr 24 #13

adorable Chautauquas Apr 24 #14

Mitch and Chautauquas sitting in a tree... ret5hd Apr 24 #18

Mitch? Is that you? calimary Apr 24 #17

hert tht faace . AllaN01Bear Apr 24 #19

BS WA-03 Democrat Apr 24 #20

Mitch is the evil twin. hay rick Apr 24 #21

Love it's heart montanacowboy Apr 24 #22

Awww I love tortoises. StarryNite Apr 24 #24

Is there a Go Fund Me to buy this guy new dentures? KY_EnviroGuy Apr 24 #25

What beauty DaBronx Apr 24 #26

Still smiling. Silent Type Apr 24 #27

I'd like to hug him or her. chouchou Apr 24 #28

Now that is a real vote for . . . Aussie105 Apr 24 #29

I'm afraid IT IS!!!! AKwannabe Apr 25 #30

Dad, is that you? ... aggiesal Apr 25 #31

Looks like he would have some great stories to pass on, Bayard Apr 25 #33

Well, of course that's not McConnell, DUH! DFW Apr 25 #34

He's thinking "Enough already!" zanana1 Apr 25 #36

underpants

(182,883 posts)

1. 1833

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 09:26 PM

Apr 24

😳😃

Sneederbunk

(14,303 posts)

32. During Andrew Jackson's term.

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 12:35 AM

Apr 25

Has slowed down a lot since turning 150.

Karadeniz

(22,573 posts)

2. No....thats me before coffee....

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 09:26 PM

Apr 24

Onthefly

(180 posts)

3. I hope I look that good at 100!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 09:29 PM

Apr 24

Faux pas

(14,690 posts)

4. He's

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 09:29 PM

Apr 24

so much cuter than moscow mitch!

Think. Again.

(8,418 posts)

5. Wait, are you SURE that's not mcconnell???

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 09:32 PM

Apr 24

lastlib

(23,287 posts)

10. Much too pretty to be him..... n/t

Reply to Think. Again. (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 09:55 PM

Apr 24

DBoon

(22,397 posts)

23. the tortoise has moral integrity

Reply to lastlib (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:25 PM

Apr 24

a quality mitch lacks

Think. Again.

(8,418 posts)

35. Ah, yes. I see it now.

Reply to DBoon (Reply #23)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 03:31 AM

Apr 25

SarahD

(1,237 posts)

6. So cute!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 09:33 PM

Apr 24

I just want to hug him.

AmBlue

(3,117 posts)

7. What a face!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 09:43 PM

Apr 24

And what history that face has been witness to. He was alive at the same time as Abraham Lincoln, Frederic Chopin, and Aaron Burr. Amazing!!

Demobrat

(8,990 posts)

8. The resemblance is uncanny.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 09:49 PM

Apr 24

Deuxcents

(16,339 posts)

9. I know! Could've fooled me

Reply to Demobrat (Reply #8)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 09:55 PM

Apr 24

Dan

(3,580 posts)

15. Yes, I thought it was Moscow Mitch's fraternal twin

Reply to Demobrat (Reply #8)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 10:33 PM

Apr 24

At first glance.

Orrex

(63,224 posts)

16. Why would you say such a cruel thing about this magnificent tortoise?

Reply to Dan (Reply #15)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 10:46 PM

Apr 24

Xavier Breath

(3,650 posts)

11. He's seen things.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 10:12 PM

Apr 24

Frasier Balzov

(2,668 posts)

12. When asked his secret for living such a long life

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 10:14 PM

Apr 24

he said "Whiskey."

if..fish..had..wings

(666 posts)

13. Amazing face!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 10:16 PM

Apr 24

Born in 1833

Chautauquas

(4,452 posts)

14. adorable

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 10:21 PM

Apr 24

sort of

ret5hd

(20,522 posts)

18. Mitch and Chautauquas sitting in a tree...

Reply to Chautauquas (Reply #14)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:08 PM

Apr 24

too childish? really? well, i’ll just shut up then.

calimary

(81,487 posts)

17. Mitch? Is that you?

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 10:49 PM

Apr 24

Halloween is six months away.

AllaN01Bear

(18,422 posts)

19. hert tht faace .

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:12 PM

Apr 24

WA-03 Democrat

(3,055 posts)

20. BS

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:14 PM

Apr 24

That is a picture from Mitch in the 90s

hay rick

(7,640 posts)

21. Mitch is the evil twin.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:19 PM

Apr 24

montanacowboy

(6,103 posts)

22. Love it's heart

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:20 PM

Apr 24

imagine being around that long

StarryNite

(9,460 posts)

24. Awww I love tortoises.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:27 PM

Apr 24

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)

25. Is there a Go Fund Me to buy this guy new dentures?

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:34 PM

Apr 24

A big jar of cold cream wouldn't hurt either....

Just kidding, like all of Momma Nature's creatures, he/she is beautiful......

I think it resembles TFG more than Moscow Mitch.

DaBronx

(302 posts)

26. What beauty

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:40 PM

Apr 24

Nature is incredible
Long live the tortoise!

Silent Type

(2,956 posts)

27. Still smiling.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:41 PM

Apr 24

chouchou

(643 posts)

28. I'd like to hug him or her.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:55 PM

Apr 24

I wonder if he has great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great Grand-children?

Aussie105

(5,436 posts)

29. Now that is a real vote for . . .

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 11:58 PM

Apr 24

going through life at a slow pace and not caring about politics!
Just caring about food and sex - but at that age, probably just food.

I bet there are older ones on the Galapagos Island though.

And trees - some of them were around when Jebus played halfback for the Jerusalem Raiders!
(I made that last bit up.)

AKwannabe

(5,680 posts)

30. I'm afraid IT IS!!!!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 12:05 AM

Apr 25

Haha

aggiesal

(8,923 posts)

31. Dad, is that you? ...

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 12:08 AM

Apr 25

Bayard

(22,153 posts)

33. Looks like he would have some great stories to pass on,

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 01:21 AM

Apr 25

But he needs new dentures.

DFW

(54,437 posts)

34. Well, of course that's not McConnell, DUH!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 02:05 AM

Apr 25

Everyone knows that McConnell is at least fifty years younger than that.

zanana1

(6,129 posts)

36. He's thinking "Enough already!"

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 10:43 AM

Apr 25

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