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Giant 255-year-old tortoise in Indian zoo
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-05-04 16:02

A giant 255-year-old Aldabra-Seychelles tortoise, found in the Indian Ocean, looks at visitors in a zoo in Calcutta May 3, 2005. The tortoise, which has lived in a crammed enclosure in the zoo since it opened 130 years ago, would be given a name and a refurbished home this month. [Reuters]
A giant 255-year-old Aldabra-Seychelles tortoise, found in the Indian Ocean, looks at visitors in a zoo in Calcutta, India, May 3, 2005. The tortoise, which has lived in a crammed enclosure in the zoo since it opened 130 years ago, would be given a name and a refurbished home this month. [Reuters]
A giant 255-year-old Aldabra-Seychelles tortoise, found in the Indian Ocean, looks at visitors in a zoo in Calcutta May 3, 2005. The tortoise, which has lived in a crammed enclosure in the zoo since it opened 130 years ago, would be given a name and a refurbished home this month. [Reuters]

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