The world s oldest tortoise died in 2005 at the age of 179 years It was so old it was originally picked up by Charles Darwin from the Galapagos Islands during his famous voyage aboard the HMS Beagle He brought her back to England and named her Harriet He also brought two other tortoises back with him from his voyage Darwin thought all three tortoises were males and named them Tom Dick and Harry Harry turned out to be a female hence the name change

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