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Takeaways:
- A 190 year old tortoise, Jonathan, has officially become the oldest turtle or tortoise ever recorded.
- He lives on St. Helena, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean and likes to feed on cucumber, cabbage and carrots.
- It is speculated that giant tortoises quickly kill off damaged cells in a process called apoptosis, which may be a factor that help protect them against damage to cells that normally deteriorate as we age.
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