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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:18 AM Original message |
beloved 130-year-old tortoise dies in South Dakota |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. wow |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. I rode on Methuselah over 50 years ago when I was about 5 |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. that is soooo |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I can remember like it was yesterday |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. so it's your fault |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Next time we went to Reptile Gardens(one of our favorites stops), it wasn't allowed |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. amazing |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Me too! |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. I did , too! |
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unionworks (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. R.I.P. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. We could learn a lot from a 130-year old tortoise; he spent all this time eating, sleeping |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. isnt that young for this kind of turtle? |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. he was the James Dean of tortoises :-) |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Lived slow and died young (for a tortise)? n/t |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. The last of his kind |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I think that was "Lonesome George" |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Whoops, my mistake. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. No problem. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. RIP Big Guy! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. Let me guess: he dissolved in a luminous cloud and left a grumpy red panda to mind the place. -nt |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. RIP Methuselah |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. sad. you will be missed methusala. |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. There is... another |
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21st Century FDR (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Yeah, but... |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. very funny! :) |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. You are so wrong for this, and yet I spit coffee all over my computer screen! K&R!!!!! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. He spent all that time not giving a fuck... |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. At 130, I imagine he gave lots of fucks |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sad to hear this. Took my kids to Reptile Gardens when we lived in RC. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. the resemblance is amazing |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. Kicking this thread for Methuselah |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. His great-great-great grandson, Mitch McConnell, is in mourning this evening. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. I *knew* it would be a big turtle! LOL |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
32. At least he had a good run... |
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