描述
Harriet was a real tortoise from the Galapagos Islands ... who lived for most of her long, long life in Queensland.
When Harriet died in 2006, at the great age of about 175-years-old, she had become one of the world's most famous tortoises.
It was said she was one of the tortoises collected by the great naturalist Charles Darwin and the ship HMS Beagle, when it visited the Galapagos Islands in 1835.
But was she? In the story of Harriet, Anthony Hill tried to find out...
When Harriet died in 2006, at the great age of about 175-years-old, she had become one of the world's most famous tortoises.
It was said she was one of the tortoises collected by the great naturalist Charles Darwin and the ship HMS Beagle, when it visited the Galapagos Islands in 1835.
But was she? In the story of Harriet, Anthony Hill tried to find out...