Unfortuanatly it looks like the worlds longest tortoise love may have come to a sad end. Galapagos giant tortoises Bibi and Poldi have been together for 115 years, but recently the two tortoises had a giant fall out. The argument started when Bibi bit part of Poldi's shell, she kept on attacking him until he was moved to another enclosure. This is when their keepers found something was wrong! Experts have been brought in to try and bring them back together but so far there has been no succsess. Experts have tried feeding them 'romantic' food and getting them to play games but nothing happens.
The zoo's owner Helga Happ
says she's very sad they don't like each other anymore and she's doing all she
can to get them to make up.
She said: "They are both 115
years old - they have been together since they were young and grew up together,
eventually becoming a pair.
"But for no reason that anyone
can discover they seem to have fallen out. They just can't stand each
other."
This type of tortoise is
native to the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean and can live for up to 175
years in captivity.
Here is a picture of the tortoises...
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