Meet the oldest dad in the animal world

The man can have children of older age. Yes, there are risk factors, since reproductive cells undergo morphological changes. But that does not make them infertile.

Local press reports in India indicate that Mr. Ramjit Raghav was a father for the first time at the age of 94 (this in 2010). In Brazil, there are those who guarantee that they met parents over 100 years old in the northeastern backlands. However, there is no proof of this story.

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These are, in fact, impressive numbers, but none of them come close to this case we will talk about. One of the record holders in nature is the turtlesthat naturally live more than us.

This is the case of a gallopagos turtle named Goliath, which has just achieved a remarkable achievement: it became daddy For the first time at 135!

A Daddy of Respect

• The episode took place earlier this month at the Miami Zoo in the United States.

• It is noteworthy that Goliath had already mated with several females throughout his life at the zoo.
• He, however, was not a father so far.
• Biologists estimate that the historic daddy was born between 1885 and 1890 – that is, it would be between 135 and 140 years.
• He is a native of Santa Cruz Island, in the archipelago of Galapagosin Ecuador.
• He arrived in the United States in 1929 and stayed at the Broxn Zoo in New York for over 50 years.
• In 1981, the 234 -pound giant moved to Miami, and has remained there since.
• As we said, his fatherhood was very celebrated, because this is the first puppy of Goliath.
• It is also the first puppy of the cattle turtle born in captivity in the Zoo Miami.
• The place, by the way, has already requested the Guinness World Records Goliath’s official recognition as the “older first -time father in history”.
• And the little puppy’s mom is not far behind.
• Experts estimate that the Sweet Pea female is between 85 and 100 years old.
• According to the zoo published on its social networks, the puppy, who still has name, seems healthy and full of energy.
• A pity that he should not spend long with his parents – and this is a characteristic of the species.
• In the wild environment, Galápagos turtle puppies are independent from birth and parents simply ignore their young.

A Scientific Victory

The biologists greatly celebrated the birthday of a gallopagous turtle. This is because the species is very risks of extinction.

The population of these animals suffered a drastic reduction in the nineteenth century, after the arrival of human explorers and other invasive species to the Ecuadorian archipelago.

That is, all puppies are important in maintaining this historical giant. And they are real historicals. The species lives far more than 100 years. In 2006, for example, the female Harriet died in a zoo in Australia. Scientists say she was 175 years old and pray the legend she would have been collected by Charles Darwin in person!

Truth or not, the fact is that we are facing one of the longest animals in nature. May more cases like this one from Papa Goliath or that of Mom Mommy, who had a puppy in April at the Philadelphia zoo.

It is wildlife following its natural course. As long as the man does not disturb.

The information is from BBC.