When Jonathan the giant tortoise was born, Queen Victoria was just a teenager.
While the British monarch died more than 120 years ago aged 81, Jonathan is still shuffling around planet Earth.
Thought to have been born around 1832, Jonathan was gifted to Sir William Grey-Wilson -- who later became governor -- arriving in St. Helena from the Seychelles in 1882. A further 31 governors have come and gone in the decades since. Further proof of his age emerged when an old photograph taken between 1882 and 1886 was uncovered. In it, a fully grown Jonathan can be seen grazing in the garden of Plantation House, the residence of the Governor of St. Helena, where he has spent most of his life.
Nevertheless, Jonathan's world has changed little in almost two centuries -- his main interests remain sleeping, eating and mating.He is fed by hand as old age has left him blind and with no sense of smell and so is unaware of food if it is simply placed on the ground. "On mild days, he will sunbathe -- his long neck and legs stretched fully out of his shell to absorb heat and transfer it to his core," he said.