Vita Brevis

June 23, 2006 – 5:34 pm

My friend Eugene Jen has brought to my attention a sad item: Harriet, a GalÁ¡pagos tortoise brought home on the Beagle by Charles Darwin himself, has died at the age of 176.

Harriet, we hardly knew ye.

Posted by Malcolm on at 5:34 pm, filed under Darwin and Biology. RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

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