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[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 121 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's not certain this is true, but it's somewhat likely. At least, that's what I'm getting from the Wikipedia article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_(tortoise)

She was not kept as a pet by Darwin, but she may have been collected by him on a journey, then kept at a museum(?)

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 39 points 4 days ago (1 children)