Harriet the tortoise met Charles Darwin
In fact, Harriet didn’t just meet Charles Darwin; she was his pet! The famous scientist and theorist passed away in 1882 but nearly 50 years before that, he had collected Harriet from the Galápagos Islands.
Charles dropped off the tortoise in Australia where she lived to a staggering 175 years old. Harriet didn’t pass away until 2006, making her the only living creature in the 21st century to have met the creator of the Theory of Evolution.
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