Immortal Tortoise: Jonathan of Saint Helena

14/11/2025 10 min

Listen "Immortal Tortoise: Jonathan of Saint Helena"

Episode Synopsis

There's a 193-Year-Old tortoise on the British island of Saint Helena, where Napoleon was exiled to in 1815. Shortly after Napoleon's exile, a tortoise was born on the island of Seychelles and brought to Saint Helena at 50 years old in 1882 where he continues to live to this day. He has outlived 7 British monarchs and outlasted 31 of the island's governors. But what is most amazing is the kinds of things that happened in the world during his life. Thanks for watching this episode! We got a little goofy with this one. Let's see how it does.