Straight? Gay? Bisexual? He may be about 185 years old, but the years have clearly done ltle to quell the sexual appete of Jonathan, the famo giant tortoise who ris on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena.
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- IT TURNS OUT THAT THE WORLD’S OLST TORTOISE IS GAY, SORT OF
- IS WORLD'S OLST TORTOISE GAY? JONATHAN OUT OF HIS SHELL AS KEEPERS REALISE PARTNER OF 26-YEARS IS ACTUALLY MALE
- THIS GAY TORTOISE IS THE OLST LIVG LAND ANIMAL ON EARTH
- TURNS OUT THIS 186-YEAR-OLD TORTOISE HAS A GAY LOVER
- CAN TORTOIS BE GAY?
- LONG LIVE JONATHAN, THE GAY TORTOISE WHO REIGNS SUPREME AS THE OLST LIVG LAND CREATURE
- THIS IS THE WORLD’S OLST TORTOISE AND HE JT HAPPENS TO BE GAY…WHAT’S HIS SECRET TO LONGEVY
- IT TURNS OUT THE WORLD'S OLST TORTOISE IS GAY—AND SPOKEN FORANDREW JACKSON WAS PRINT WHEN JONATHAN THE SEYCHELL GIANT TORTOISE WAS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 19, 2017/7:44 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ST. HELENA ISLANDBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 19, 2017 / 7:44 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IT TURNS OUT THE WORLD'S OLST TORTOISE IS GAY—AND SPOKEN FOR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-10-19T11:44:26.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-10-19T11:44:26.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN EXHIBED ACROSS THE ANIMAL KGDOM, BUT VETERARIANS AI HAVE UNVERED THE OLST KNOWN LIVG GAY CREATURE ON EARTH.ST HELENA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONATHAN, A 186-YEAR-OLD SEYCHELL GIANT TORTOISE, LIV ON ST HELENA, A BRISH TERRORY OFF THE AST OF AI. FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS HE'S BEEN A RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER TORTOISE, ORIGALLY NAMED FRERI. BUT WHEN DOCTORS REPAIRED A LN ON FRERI, THEY REALIZED "SHE" WAS ACTUALLY A MALE—AND RECHRISTENED HIM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO SHARE THE SAME EATG AND SLEEPG SCHLE AND ENJOY WEEKLY MATG SSNS. BUT NOW REGIVERS FALLY UNRSTAND WHY THEY NEVER HAD ANY OFFSPRG.ST. HELENA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONATHAN WAS ORIGALLY GIVEN AS A GIFT TO THE ERNOR OF ST. HELENA 1882, AND STILL LIV ON THE GROUNDS OF PLANTATN HOE, THE ERNOR'S OFFICIAL RINCE. HE SUFFERS OM TARACTS AND IS A B BRTLE, BUT REPORTEDLY STILL HAS EXCELLENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ONCE WEEKLY I HAND-FEED HIM TO BOOST HIS LORIE TAKE," SAID VET JOE HOLLS. "AFTER HIS MEAL, I WIPE HIS CH, SCRATCH HIS THROAT AND WISH HIM WELL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONATHAN MAY BE THE OLST GAY HALF-SHELL, BUT HE'S NOT THE FIRST: LAST YEAR, BLOGISTS REPORTED ON A GROUP OF TORTOIS MACEDONIA EXHIBG SAME-SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH A POPULATN OF JT 4,255, ST HELENA IS CURRENTLY CIDG WHETHER TO LEGALIZE MARRIAGE EQUALY. A LG OM THE UNTRY'S SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED SOME TIME NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- IS THE WORLD’S OLST TORTOISE GAY? KEEPERS FALLY DISVER 186-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN’S LOVER IS ACTUALLY A MALE AFTER 26-YEAR RELATNSHIP
- WORLD'S OLST TORTOISE IS FOUND TO BE GAY
- WHY ARE ALL THE TORTOIS TURNG GAY?MAYBE SOME MYSTERI ARE BETTER LEFT UNSOLVED...{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CODY GOHLAPRIL 1, 2016/10:54 AMBY CODY GOHLAPRIL 1, 2016 / 10:54 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY ARE ALL THE TORTOIS TURNG GAY?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-04-01T14:54:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-04-01T14:54:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CODY GOHL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANIMAL BEHAVRISTS HAVE LONG BEEN FASCATED BY OCCURRENC OF SAME-SEX BEHAVR VAR ANIMAL SPECI, PECIALLY WHEN THAT BEHAVR DON'T APPEAR TO BE "ADAPTIVE," BEGGG THE QUTN: IF THE REASON WHY ANIMALS HAVE SEX THE WILD IS TO PRODUCE OFFSPRG, WHY DO SOME SPECI ENGAGE SAME-SEX BEHAVR?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REARCHERS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ANSWER TO THIS QUTN FOR A NUMBER OF SPECI, WH THE MOST RECENT SIGHTS G OM A STUDY ON THE SEXY BEHAVRS OF A GROUP OF TORTOIS LIVG ON A SMALL ISLAND THE MIDDLE OF A MACEDONIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOLEM GRAD ISLAND IS NOT ONLY HOME TO A BEVY OF ANCIENT ROMAN S, BUT ALSO A STAGGERGLY LARGE POPULATN OF NEARLY ALL-MALE TORTOIS. SCIENTISTS AREN'T EXACTLY SURE WHY THE POPULATN IS ALMOST PLETELY MALE, BUT SUGGT THAT THERE MIGHT BE “A SRCY OF POTENTIAL NT S THAT PROVI DGHTER-PRODUCG TEMPERATUR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGARDLS, THE MAL LIVE HARMONY WH ONE ANOTHER, WH ONE GROUP HABG THE ISLAND'S PLATE (WHERE THE POPULATN IS 95% MALE) AND THE OTHER GROUP HABG THE ISLAND'S SHORE (WHERE THE POPULATN IS 77% MALE). SCIENTISTS STUDIED THE TWO GROUPS TO SEE IF THE MOGRAPHICS OF THE RPECTIVE POPULATNS WOULD FLUENCE SAME-SEX BEHAVR AND IF THIS BEHAVR WOULD OCCUR THE SAME EQUENCY ACROSS THE TWO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT REARCHERS DISVERED WAS THAT THOUGH SAME-SEX BEHAVR FELY OCCURRED BOTH GROUPS, NEARLY 74% OF ALL RERD SEX TERACTNS AMONG THE PLATE GROUP WERE SAME-SEX WHILE JT BARELY 30% ULD BE SAID FOR THE GROUP ALONG THE SHORE. SCIENTISTS ALSO NOTED SOME FAIRLY ODD SEXUAL BEHAVR, WH SOME TORTOIS "OBSERVED MOUNTG JUVENIL, AD MAL, AND TORTOISE SKELETONS (EMPTY SHELLS OF MAL),” WHILE OTHERS “WERE SEEN ATTEMPTG TO PULATE WH STON THAT VAGUELY REMBLED A TORTOISE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHAT EXACTLY DO THIS ALL MEAN? FROM AN EVOLUTNARY PERSPECTIVE, 'S EFUL FOR A SEXUALLY-AROED MALE TORTOISE TO TRY AND PULATE WH ANYTHG THAT EVEN VAGUELY REMBL A FEMALE TORTOISE, WH THE HOP THAT THE RULTG TERACTN WILL LEAD TO HER LAYG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, DUE TO A HISTORIL ARTH OF FEMALE TORTOIS ON THE ISLAND, REARCHERS BELIEVE THE MAL HAVE SOMEHOW EVOLVED MECHANISMS THAT PREVENT THEM OM WHOLLY DISCERNG BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE PARTNERS WHEN ENGAGG SEX, WHICH PERMS THE MALE TORTOIS TO GLEEFULLY GET THEIR GROOV ON WH ONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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IT TURNS OUT THAT THE WORLD’S OLST TORTOISE IS GAY, SORT OF
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It Turns Out That The World’s Olst Tortoise Is Gay, Sort Of. The olst tortoise the world might be gay, has emerged. Around 500 different speci of animal have been documented as engagg bisexual and homosexual relatns, cludg lns, pengus and monkeys.
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IS WORLD'S OLST TORTOISE GAY? JONATHAN OUT OF HIS SHELL AS KEEPERS REALISE PARTNER OF 26-YEARS IS ACTUALLY MALE
They’re gay lovers. Gay? Can tortois be gay?
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THIS GAY TORTOISE IS THE OLST LIVG LAND ANIMAL ON EARTH
Homosexualy has been exhibed across the animal kgdom, but veterarians Ai have unvered the olst known livg gay creature on earth. "Jonathan may be the olst gay half-shell, but he's not the first: Last year, blogists reported on a group of tortois Macedonia exhibg same-sex a populatn of jt 4, 255, St Helena is currently cidg whether to legalize marriage equaly.
Jonathan has been matg wh another tortoise lled Freri on the island of St Helena the South Atlantic sce 1991Published: 10:01, 19 Oct 2017Updated: 21:49, 19 Oct 2017THE olst giant tortoise the world uld be gay, has emerged. However, whoever had prevly handled Freric and whoever examed him, clearly weren't that good at their we are, 26 years later, Fred has slowly moved his way around, happily an openly gay relatnship, while everyone lls him Freri and suggts that eher him or his partner are fertile or are impotent. People then labelled this as him 'g out as gay'.
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TURNS OUT THIS 186-YEAR-OLD TORTOISE HAS A GAY LOVER
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