How old do Galapagos tortoises get?
Galápagos tortoise
100 years
The Galápagos tortoises are native to seven of the Galápagos Islands, a volcanic archipelago about 1,000km (620mi) west of the Ecuadorian mainland. With lifespans in the wild of over 100 years, it is one of the longest-lived vertebrates. A captive individual lived at least 170years. Spanish explorers, who discovered the islands in the 16th century, named them after the Spanish galápago, meaning "tortoise".[11]