According to The Guardian, France was in mourning on Sunday for one of its oldest and best-loved lotharios, a giant Sychelles tortoise named Kiki, who died at the age of 146. Staff at
the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris announced that its veteran resident had succumbed last week to an infection. They paid tribute to the zoo's "doyen", whose distinctive personality and "demonstrative lovemaking" had made him one of France's best known animals.
Kiki. Photo © F-G GRANDIN/AFP
