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45-Year-Old “Angry” Tortoise Recued From Fire It Started

It would have been a fire christmas for a 45-year-old tortoise as the reptile knocked a heat lamp onto his bedding, which caught fire according to Sky News.

It filled the house near Uttlesford in Essex with smoke on Christmas Day at around 4:50pm. Neighbours heard the fire alarm and called 999, scrambling firefighters.

They put the blaze out and rescued the unnamed shell-dweller, which Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said “might look angry”.

Gary Wain, watch manager at Great Dunmow Fire Station, said: “This incident shows just …

344-Year-Old Tortoise, Alagba Dies After Brief Illness

344-Year-Old Tortoise, Alagba Dies After Brief Illness

The 344-year-old tortoise in the traditional ruler of Ogbomoso’s palace, popularly known as ‘Alagba’, has passed on.

Mr. Toyin Ajamu, the Private Secretary to Oba Jimoh Oyewunmi, Soun of Ogbomoso, confirmed this to reporters on Thursday in Ogbomoso.

The dead tortoise attracted several visitors both from Nigeria and abroad to the palace.

Ajamu said that the tortoise, whom he described as the oldest in Africa, died on Thursday during a brief illness.

He said the tortoise would be greatly missed not only by the palace household but everyone who came in contact with it during its lifetime.

“Alagba lived in …