Talk:Tu'i Malila

Correction
I would very much doubt that this named tortoise is in the family Cheloniinae. As most of the members are sea turtles. but i fixed the link to point to that subfamily anyway as i really don't know. sunja 01:38, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Age at death

 * This particular tortoise was given to the royal family in either 1773 or 1777, the exact date is not known. It remained in the care of the Tongan royal family until its death by natural causes on 1965-05-19. This means that upon its death, Tu'i Malila was either 188 or 192 years old

The number of years given as the age of the animal at death is the difference between the year it died and the year it was offered as a gift by Cook -- not necessarily when it was born. Thus, unless it is known that it was born in that same year -- which then should be specified in the text -- the age-at-death given should be considered the minimum possible age it reached. --Cotoco 11:05, 16 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks to user 70.110.204.93 for adding "at least". --Cotoco 19:58, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Image
Congratulations on the picture, which is a classic; the bemused body language of the people as they contemplate the small aged lump on the ground speaks volumes about the monarchy, colonialism, tortoises, and the interactions thereof. -Ashley Pomeroy 15:14, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Double page - making a redirect
I have just discovered another page on the same topic (created in February 2007), I am transforming it into a redirect, and leave this link towards a last version before redirecting. Nothing very useful seemingly - a non sourced assertion according to which the tortoise would have been blinded in 1918, if somebody wants to reuse it... French Tourist 21:20, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Contradiction in dates
"c. 1777–May 19, 1966" (...) "death on 19 May, 1965"

Can anyone clear up the discrepancy? 83.132.98.135 01:16, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Furthermore: Adwaita [...] I dont think we should have it in here.

Significance of opening passage in Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Hello -

I'm fairly unfamiliar with what level of "significance" is needed to include an "In Fiction" section, and am on the fence with this: Philip K. Dick's famous novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", which is the basis of the even more famous movie "Bladerunner", opens with a brief epigraph quoting a 1966 Reuters new clip about Tu'i Malila's death. Does that make the grade ?

Doc ocelot (talk) 21:01, 22 April 2019 (UTC)