Haven't signed into your Scholastic account before?
Teachers, not yet a subscriber?
Subscribers receive access to the website and print magazine.
You are being redirecting to Scholastic's authentication page...
Announcements & Tutorials
How Students and Families Can Log In
1 min.
Setting Up Student View
Sharing Articles with Your Students
2 min.
Interactive Activities
5 min.
Sharing Videos with Students
Using Action with Educational Apps
Join Our Facebook Group!
Differentiating with Action
Subscriber Only Resources
Access this article and hundreds more like it with a subscription to Action magazine.
Gillian Moore/Alamy Stock Photo
CCSS
R.1, R.2, R.7, W.4, W.6, W.7, W.8
Article Options
Presentation View
The Amazing Life of Jonathan
Meet the world’s oldest known living land animal: a 191-year-old tortoise.
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
Jonathan in the 1880s
Shutterstock.com
YUM! Jonathan’s favorite foods are bananas and guavas.
Jim McMahon/Mapman ®
Where in the World?Jonathan lives on St. Helena, a tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
The Numbers
1832That’s the year Jonathan likely hatched.
40That’s how many U.S. presidents have served during his life.
100-150That’s how many years giant tortoises like Jonathan usually live.
Things invented since Jonathan hatched:
Shutterstock.com (Car); The Granger Collection (Telephone, Television); John T. Daniels (Airplane)
1. The telephone 1876
2. The car1886
3. The airplane1903
4. The television1927
Other Old-Timers
How do the longest-living members of other animal species stack up?
PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images (Bobi); Album/Alamy Stock Photo (Old Billy); Christina Bush Photography (Cheetah); The Brookfield Zoo (Cookie)
1. Bobi the Dog 31 years and counting!
2. Old Billy the horse62 years
3. Cheetah the chimpanzee80 Years
4. Cookie the cockatoo83 years
YOUR TURN: Research one of the animals from the graph above. Then make an infographic about its life!