世界最長(zhǎng)壽烏龜 184歲第一次洗澡 準(zhǔn)備迎接英國(guó)皇室

The world's oldest living animal is starting overwith a clean sheet at 184 years old - after a vet gavehim his first ever bath.

世界上最年長(zhǎng)的生物在184歲高齡時(shí)背著清爽的外殼，煥然一新了——獸醫(yī)給它洗了個(gè)澡，還是這輩子頭一回呢。

Jonathan the giant tortoise has come out of hisshell after centuries of grime werepainstakinglyscrubbed off his back with a loofah, softbrush and surgical soap.

巨龜喬納森從龜殼里探出腦袋，身上積了兩百年的污垢已經(jīng)小心擦除，清理工具是絲瓜瓤、軟刷和手術(shù)肥皂。

Dr Joe Hollins, the vet for the British outpost of St Helena in the south Atlantic whereJonathan lives, decided to give him a spruce up ahead of a royal visit in a few weeks' time.

喬納森生活在南大西洋的英國(guó)前哨小島——圣赫勒拿島上，英國(guó)王室將于數(shù)周后訪問(wèn)該島。于是，島上的獸醫(yī)喬霍林斯決定為喬納森梳洗打扮一番，迎接訪問(wèn)。

He carefully scrubbed each of the segments of Jonathan's shell, known as scutes, andremoved blacksludge and bird droppings while the tortoise sedately chewed on grass.

他小心翼翼地擦洗了喬納森外殼上的每一塊甲片——學(xué)名“盾甲”，清除掉龜殼上的黑色泥垢和鳥(niǎo)糞，而喬納森則在一邊安靜地咀嚼青草。

It was only after his bath it was realised the rings on his shell, which usually tell a tortoises'age, have completely worn away.

清洗過(guò)后，才看得出喬納森身上顯示龜齡的紋路已經(jīng)悉數(shù)磨平。

Jonathan, who is 45ins long and can stand up to 2ft tall, arrived on St Helena as a gift tothe governor from the Seychelles.

喬納森身長(zhǎng)45英寸(約1.14米)，站立高2英尺(約0.6米)，是塞舍爾送給圣赫勒拿島督察的禮物。

In his time on St Helena he has seen 28 British governors come and go. Eight Britishmonarchs from George IV to Elizabeth II have been crowned during his lifetime and 51 BritishPrime Ministers have served at 10 Downing Street.

它已經(jīng)在圣赫勒拿島上見(jiàn)證了28任英國(guó)督察的更迭，經(jīng)歷了自喬治四世到伊麗莎白二世共八代英帝國(guó)君王的加冕，而唐寧街10號(hào)已然更換了51任英國(guó)首相。