http://www.metafilter.com/tags/tortoise Posts tagged with 'tortoise' at MetaFilter. Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:54:10 -0800 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:54:10 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/62550/Whats%2Dlong%2Dand%2Dhard%2Dand%2Dultimately%2Dfutile "Grigioni, now back in Switzerland, said she could normally get tortoises to ejaculate within minutes, but <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN2530026720070701?rpc=92">spent months manually stimulating George and never extracted semen from him</a>." tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62550 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:54:10 -0800 galapogos reproduction research semen tortoise worstjobintheworld mr_crash_davis http://www.metafilter.com/52499/Shes%2DWith%2DCharles%2DNow <a href="http://www.exn.ca/Stories/2002/06/12/51.cfm">RIP Harriet.</a> She passed away overnight from a heart attack. She was 175 years old, the size of a dinner table, and may have known Charles Darwin. She was <a href="http://www.exn.ca/Stories/2002/06/12/51.cfm">Harriet the Tortoise</a>, the world's oldest living animal, and lived a life of quiet dignity. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.52499 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:26:19 -0800 darwin harriet obituary tortoise justkevin http://www.metafilter.com/50378/But%2Dhe%2Ddidnt%2Dlook%2Da%2Dday%2Dover%2D30 <a href="http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=236080&ssid=26&sid=env">Addwaita</a> is <a href="http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=105&sid=735639">no longer.</a> He has ceased to be. What we have here is a dead 255 year old <a href="http://www.pbs.org/odyssey/odyssey/20021211_log_transcript.html">Aldabra </a>tortoise. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.50378 Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:15:52 -0800 tortoise DeepFriedTwinkies http://www.metafilter.com/46855/The%2Dbest%2Dlooking%2D175%2Dyear%2Dold%2Don%2Dearth <a href="http://www.galapagosonline.com/nathistory/wildlife/animals/tortoise.htm">Galapagos tortoises</a> look like <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=%22galapagos+tortoise%22&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&start=0&sa=N">friendly dinosaurs</a>. One of them <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4442020.stm">just turned 175</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.46855 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:29:54 -0800 longevity tortoise leapingsheep