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Friday, Jun. 23, 2006
“She had a very fairly acute heart attack and thankfully passed away quietly overnight.”
— Dr John Hangar
On the death of Harriet the tortoise who, at 175 years old, was one of the world's oldest animals. She died of heart failure after a brief illness
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Re: Goodbye Harriet
« Reply #1 on: Jun 27th, 2006, 9:48pm » |
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Too bad. I loved learning about her.
I have to say that for someone born in 1831 she looked pretty good.
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Re: Goodbye Harriet
« Reply #2 on: Jun 28th, 2006, 9:58am » |
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and Eddie the dog from Frasier died too. He (Butch) was 16. I always loved Eddie. 
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Re: Goodbye Harriet
« Reply #3 on: Jun 28th, 2006, 10:07am » |
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I have always loved turtles/tortoises of all kinds. Wow, she lived through a lot of history.
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