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Is 877 shakes as long as a Giant Tortoise's Lifespan?

It's about 0.000000000000001 times as long as a Giant Tortoise's Lifespan
The length of a Giant Tortoise's Lifespan is about 790,000,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000000 shakes.
(for Adwaita, an Aldabra Giant Tortoise) (Dipsochelys dussumieri, formerly Geochelone gigantea)
Adwaita, an Aldabra Giant Tortoise who lived the later part of his life in the Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata, India, was 790,000,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000000 shakes at the time of his death. Once a pet of Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, who is credited with securing India as a colony of Great Britain, Adwaita lived through the entirety of India's 600,000,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000000 shakes as a British colony.
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