{"id":19893,"date":"2026-06-22T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=19893"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:51:17","slug":"world-news-worlds-oldest-living-land-animal-a-194-year-old-tortoise-honored-with-prestigious-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=19893","title":{"rendered":"World News World\u2019s oldest living land animal, a 194-year-old tortoise, honored with prestigious award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

He is slow and steady \u2014 and winning the race against time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 194-year-old tortoise was just honored with Guinness World Records\u2019 prestigious ICON award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born around 1832, Jonathan, the world\u2019s oldest living land animal, was given the title in the record book\u2019s latest edition<\/a>, alongside greats like John Cena and Shohei Ohtani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jonathan the tortoise is the oldest living land animal.x\/GWR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Seychelles giant tortoise, who lives in <\/strong>Saint Helena, a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean, is also the oldest turtle ever recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The local legend has lived at the Plantation House, the official residence of the Governor of Saint Helena, since arriving there in 1882 at the age of 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remarkable reptile was sent there from his native Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, as a gift for the incoming governor, and has since been there for 31 governors\u2019 terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cJonathan\u2019s recognition as a Guinness World Records ICON is warmly welcomed by the people of St. Helena,\u201d Nigel Phillips CBE, the current Governor of Saint Helena, said in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor generations, he has been regarded as a local icon, deeply embedded in the island\u2019s identity and collective memory. This global acknowledgement reflects what the community has long known, that Jonathan is not only remarkable in age, but truly special to St. Helena and its people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Jonathan
The local legend has lived at the official residence of the Governor of Saint Helena since 1882.x\/GWR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Phillips also held a press conference on June 17 in recognition of Jonathan\u2019s impressive achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Phillips officially announced Jonathan\u2019s birthday as Dec. 4, 1832.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He is slow and steady \u2014 and winning the race against time. A 194-year-old tortoise was just honored with Guinness World Records\u2019 prestigious ICON award. Born around 1832, Jonathan, the world\u2019s oldest living land animal, was given the title in the record book\u2019s latest edition, alongside greats like John Cena and Shohei Ohtani. Jonathan the tortoise is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19895,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19893\/revisions\/19895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}