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Headline: Goliath The Tortoise Celebrates 135th Birthday On Father's Day By Becoming Oldest First-Time Dad
Caption: Goliath The Tortoise Celebrates 135th Birthday On Father's Day By Becoming Oldest First-Time Dad. Eat your heart out Mick Jagger! On Father's Day on 15 June, Goliath the Galapagos tortoise celebrated his 135th birthday by becoming a dad for the very first time. Up until this prior week, he had not fathered any offspring. That changed when after 128 days of incubation, one egg out of a clutch of 8 that was laid 27 January 27, successfully hatched on 4 June! Not only is this the first offspring for Goliath, but it is also the first time in the history of Zoo Miami that a Galapagos tortoise has hatched. Goliath's official record has him hatching out on the island of Santa Cruz on 15 June, with his latest birth year given as 1890. He arrived at the Bronx Zoo on 23 July, 1929, and finally came to Zoo Miami on 30 July, 1981. The mother of his first ever shelled bundle of joy is Sweet Pea, who is no spring chicken herself - she is aged between 80 and 100, having arrived in Florida as an adult in 1960. An application has been made to the Guinness Book of World Records to officially recognize Goliath as “The Oldest First-Time Father in History!”. Considering the age of Sweet Pea, their combined age is over 200 and they may also qualify as “The Oldest First-Time Parents in History!”
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