Birthday Party for the Oldest Living Creature in the World

Harriet comes out of her shell for 175th birthday

A birthday party will be held in Queensland today for a giant tortoise that is believed to be the oldest living creature in the world.

Harriet the tortoise hatched on the Galapagos Islands 175 years ago and it is believed she was studied by famed English naturalist Charles Darwin.

She now lives at a zoo on the Sunshine Coast in south-east Queensland.