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  • 18/06/2025
Goliath the Galapagos tortoise has become a dad for the first time aged 135 after an egg laid by his partner Sweet Pea hatched earlier this month.

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00:00Thank you for joining us.
00:30This is Goliath.
00:52He's a Galapagos tortoise that weighs 517 pounds.
00:56And this Sunday, on Father's Day, he'll be celebrating his 135th birthday, making him the oldest animal at Zoo Miami.
01:04And this past week, on June 4th, for the first time in his long life, he became a father when a Galapagos tortoise hatched out in the first time, for the first time in Zoo Miami's history.
01:15Making him what we believe is the oldest first-time father in history.

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