Tag: Tortoise

  • 420-Year-Old Tortoise Dies At Alaafin’s Palace In Oyo

    420-Year-Old Tortoise Dies At Alaafin’s Palace In Oyo

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    By Opeyemi Adelakun A tortoise known as Baba, believed by the Alaafin’s Palace in Oyo to have been about 420 years old, has died and been buried. Baba reportedly fell ill on Monday, stopped eating and later died, according to a statement issued in Ibadan on Thursday by the Director of Media and Publicity to…