Adwaita
male Aldabra Giant Tortoise From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adwaita (meaning "one and only" in Sanskrit) (c. 1750 – 22 March 2006), also spelled Addwaita, was a male Aldabra giant tortoise. When he died, he was thought to be one of the longest-living animals in the world.
He may have come from Aldabra, in the Seychelles, although this has not been confirmed.[1] He and four other tortoises lived at Robert Clive's estate in Barrackpore, Calcutta.[2] It was said that Clive got the tortoises after he won the Battle of Plassey in 1757.[3] Carl Louis Schwendler, the founder of Alipore Zoo, moved Adwaita there in 1875 or 1876.[4] Adwaita lived there until he died on 22 March 2006 when he was about 255 years old.
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