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World's oldest known tortoise, Jonathan, still alive despite reports of death (www.bbc.co.uk)
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A widely circulated social media post purporting to belong to the tortoise's vet has been revealed to be a hoax.

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[โ€“] starlinguk@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They don't have source checkers anymore.

[โ€“] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

They do. It's called the public. They outsourced.