Aldabra
Island in the SeychellesWikipedia
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Oct 15, 2026
David CooperHOST
Well, that's something I like to hear.
Cliff RedfordGUEST
Yeah, they're living on this one island called Aldabra, and back in the late '90s, there were 100,000 of them.
Cliff RedfordGUEST
Back in the late 1800s, there were only 1,000 of them.
Cliff RedfordGUEST
They had been, like, there was habitat loss.
Cliff RedfordGUEST
Yeah.
Cliff RedfordGUEST
They're living on this one island called Aldabra.
Cliff RedfordGUEST
And back in the late '90s, there were 100,000 of them.
Cliff RedfordGUEST
Back in the late 1800s, there were only 1,000 of them.
Rutendo HwindingwiGUEST
Uh, I'm, I'm tongue twisting here.
Rutendo HwindingwiGUEST
Uh, the Aldabra, uh, and the island is Aldabra atoll.
Rutendo HwindingwiGUEST
Uh, they've just, uh, there was a lot of research going around and, uh, it has been hidden, but it's come to light now.
Rutendo HwindingwiGUEST
I guess they're trying to protect them.
Barbara FriedmanPANELIST
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Barbara FriedmanPANELIST
the weak area there was that apparently some of the software was a bit outdated, and I think those are the soft entry points for hackers, right? Anyway, um, and then moving on, we've spoken before about Jonathan, who is this amazing Galápagos Island tortoise who is 100, he's an Aldabra giant tortoise, and he lives on the remote island of Saint Helena.
Barbara FriedmanPANELIST
And, um, we know he's the world's oldest known living land animal 'cause he's 194 years old, and he was born somewhere back in 1832, you know, as they say, when Charles Darwin was still working on his theories and Queen Victoria was in the throne.
Barbara FriedmanPANELIST
Why is he trending at the moment? Well, there's a new study that has been released They're looking into the secrets Jonathan holds to longevity and to living to the grand age of 194.
AminHOST
We are talking about Jonathan.
AminHOST
He is an Aldabra giant tortoise, currently estimated to be 194 years old.
LeahHOST
Hundred and ninety-four.
LeahHOST
I mean, that is just wild.
Christopher LyonHOST
Giant tortoises now outnumber people in the Seychelles.
Christopher LyonHOST
A new survey puts the Aldabra Atoll population at nearly 183,000 tortoises, up from fewer than 1,000 in the 1800s.
Christopher LyonHOST
That is so many tortoises.
Christopher LyonHOST
Next, roughly 950 AI agents from Anthropic sifted through 200,000 enzymes and flagged an unusual DNA system in under a day.
Christopher LyonHOST
Giant tortoises now outnumber people in the Seychelles.
Christopher LyonHOST
A new survey puts the Aldabra Atoll population at nearly 183,000 tortoises, up from fewer than 1,000 in the 1800s.
Christopher LyonHOST
That is so many tortoises.
Christopher LyonHOST
Next, roughly 950 AI agents from Anthropic sifted through 200,000 enzymes and flagged an unusual DNA system in under a day.
Rowan HooperHOST
In 1832, an egg hatched on a beach on Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles.
Rowan HooperHOST
Baby tortoise came out.
Rowan HooperHOST
That tortoise, he's now called Jonathan, just celebrated his 194th birthday.
Kim McCallisterHOST
This is crazy.
Kim McCallisterHOST
This is called an Aldabra giant tortoise.
Kim McCallisterHOST
They're one of the world's largest land tortoises.
Kim McCallisterHOST
They can weigh up to 550 pounds.
Kim McCallisterHOST
They can live for 150 years, so they've got us on longevity.
Kim McCallisterHOST
They are native to Aldabra Island, and it's one of the Seychelles, uh, northeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
Kim McCallisterHOST
They're also found in the Galapagos, but the population on Aldabra is, was much smaller.
Kim McCallisterHOST
They play a, an ecological role similar to elephants.
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