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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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[–] bazinga@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 day ago

Goodnewseveryone: BBC uses suspicious sources for journalism but figured it out eventually. Probably, haven't learned anything for the future and will continue using X as source