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"He's a prolific belcher!" Meet a 182-year-old tortoise

St Helena is a tiny volcanic scrap of an island in the South Atlantic, dazzling in its flora and fauna, the second most remote community in the world. Veterinary surgeon Joe Hollins, has, for the past 6 months been taking care of the world's oldest land creature - Jonathan, a Seychelles tortoise who is probably at least 182 years old.

First broadcast on St Helena - Joining the Rest of Us, 20 May 2016.

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